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Did you just call Richard Feynman a "random celebrity", who isn't authoritative on the subject of science? Hint: I might need to google the authors of the stud
by PaulRobinson 2y ago
Did you just call Richard Feynman a "random celebrity", who isn't authoritative on the subject of science?
Hint: I might need to google the authors of the study, I don't need to google Richard Feynman...
- almostgotcaught 2y ago> don't need to google Richard Feynman... My friend that is the textbook definition of celebrity status.
- inglor_cz 2y ago"Celebrity" in colloquial use implies someone "famous for being famous", like Kim Kardashian. To use such word with regard to one of the most talented and innovative physicists of the 20th century debases the entire conversation.
- almostgotcaught 2y ago> debases the entire conversation. If my eyes rolled back any further in my head I could look into the past. But you've proven your own point: you know him because he's known but because you're actually familiar with his work. So again: textbook celebrity worship masquerading as intellectualism.
- inglor_cz 2y ago"you know him because he's known but because you're actually familiar with his work" I cannot parse your statement, either there are some missing words, or some problem with your English. Anyway, from my previous comment, you couldn't have any idea about how I got to know Feynman and his work. I haven't mentioned it at all. FYI, I got acquainted with his work in 1996 when I enrolled into the university. I was studying maths, my dormitory roommate was studying theoretical physics, and he had several Feynman's books that were very interesting to me, though I must admit that sometimes the underlying apparatus was really complicated for an 18 y.o. greenhorn. But the principles were clear enough.
- jcranmer 2y agoLinus Pauling's authority in chemistry doesn't make his cuckoo theories about Vitamin C any less cuckoo. Feynman may have been an important physicist, but that doesn't make him knowledgeable about education! And, to be honest, there's a reason why there are memes about physicists' competence in other fields, like https://xkcd.com/793/ https://xkcd.com/793/.
- PaulRobinson 2y agoFeynman was extremely knowledgeable about pedagogy, and his lectures are considered some of the finest works in the field. I'm very aware of the "spherical cow" joke about physicists, but this isn't a "random celebrity".
- somenameforme 2y agoAs well as the texts based off his lectures. [1] His ability to teach was completely unreal. Those 'books' dramatically deepened my understanding of physics. [1] - https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/ https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/
- lupire 2y agoFeynman himself said that his Lectures were a failure of pedagogy.
- almostgotcaught 2y agoDoesn't matter - hn is 100% certain Feynman was a virtuoso educator.
- ndriscoll 2y agoProbably because a lot of us have read or watched his work and know first hand that it was extremely high quality. It's not like you have to take people's word for it.
- watwut 2y agoHe is celebrity. He is not authoritative about subject of teaching math to kids. He is authoritative about his area of physics. He also is authoritative about writing popular books for physics that demystify physics to adults. But again, not about kids and math.