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Deference to authority is a mantra. General complaints about the prevalence of opinion is a mantra, general complaints that everyone is looking for offence is a
by dambi0 2y ago
Deference to authority is a mantra. General complaints about the prevalence of opinion is a mantra, general complaints that everyone is looking for offence is a mantra.
It might not have been at a commencement speech, but didn’t Feynman say, “Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look at what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, 'Is it reasonable?“. You are doing your hero a great disservice. Or perhaps you have a specific opinion on the article.
- freetanga 2y agoIf you want to know the full picture: neither Feynman is a hero of mine (I personally think he was a bright prick), neither the original piece stirred any important ideas rather than “wow, this guy is full of self importance”. To further complete the picture, I wrote this while sitting in the toilet, passing gas, while smoking my morning cig. Hardly the pinnacle of my day (but an adequate context for the articles quality) I respect your views, we all have noses, I don’t care much for yours and you probably should not care much about mine either. Live long and prosper.