I saw an interesting clip of Murray Gellmann talking about Feynman. He, surprisingly says that initially it was good to work with Feynman, with all his independ

I saw an interesting clip of Murray Gellmann talking about Feynman. He, surprisingly says that initially it was good to work with Feynman, with all his independent thinker stuff and all, but in the end it started getting on his nerves. Feynman used to defy authority just for the sake of it. The place where they worked had a dress code for their mess hall, it was a suit and tie I think, so what Feynamn used to do was that he a special worn out shirt and jacket he used to wear in the mess hall even if he had come in that day wearing a suit and tie. Then Gellmann goes onto say that Feynman used to spend a lot of his time generating anecdotes about himself, for which Feynman is really famous. Murray says, Feynman always wanted to be different, he even didn't brush or floss his teeth! Feynman kept saying that brushing and flossing teeth and washing hands after toilet was superstition. Well this seemed a good example of a someone famous, having a cult(-like) following, who has been accused of not conforming just for the sake of it. Maybe the cult got to Feynman in the end. Anyway I feel that Feynman rocks and thankyou for inspiring me. Here is the clip for the interested - http://www.edge.org/video/dsl/gell-mann.html http://www.edge.org/video/dsl/gell-mann.html