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And if I recall, Feynman at this point was burnt out on the important problems. Thinking about unimportant problems, where he was essentially playing, is what
by brianpan 14y ago
And if I recall, Feynman at this point was burnt out on the important problems. Thinking about unimportant problems, where he was essentially playing, is what finally led to the breakthrough. It's like me going for a walk to clear my head, except with him it's complex motion equations.
- MichaelGG 14y agoSurely here the issue is not "importance" but "interesting"?
- niels_olson 14y agoI think the issue is not confusing importnant and interesting: it's hacking the relationship between your rain and your world. Important in this sense involves timelines, budgets, and the needs of others. Unimportant is whatever other people don't are about right now. It's a bit like the advice to grad students to work on what's unfashionable, unattractive, forgotten.