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Seriously! Reminds me of the famous story of an undergrad who used a text by Richard Feynman as a source for a college paper, and was graded down by her profess
by softwarebeware 5y ago
Seriously! Reminds me of the famous story of an undergrad who used a text by Richard Feynman as a source for a college paper, and was graded down by her professor. She then contacted Feynman to obtain justification, but Feynman replied:
"Your instructor was right not to give you any points, for your answer was wrong, as he demonstrated using Gauss’ law. You should, in science, believe logic and arguments, carefully drawn, and not authorities."
https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2020/feynmans-advice-to-wm-student-resonates-45-years-later.php https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2020/feynmans-advice-to-wm-s...