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If I had to choose, my number 1, all time favorite human, it would most likely be Richard Feynman. Here is one of the rarest of our breed, a possessor of stratospheric intelligence, and yet a delightful, fun loving, consummate story teller. Richard Feynman delights in the experience of being, and one can tell, delights in delighting others with it. There is a series of talks of his on YouTube, all with "It is Fun to Imagine..." in the title, today I watched the 2nd video and was struck by the title of this post, you know, even though somehow, I've known this all along, it never quite dawned on me this way. "It is Fun to Imagine 2: Fire"
Question authority, before it questions you. How do you know, that you know, what you know?
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He's fantastic, and somehow it seems like it must be very simple to be like he. Like he isn't a Nobel Prize winner but a big kid. This Tannu Tuva story is worth hearing: http://youtu.be/h5Pgmx2WCsY
The opposite of hatred is love; the opposite of tyranny is love; the opposite of censorship is love; the opposite of evil is love; the opposite of politics is love; the opposite of war is love; the opposite of god is love.–– Salman RushdieBroadly speaking, it is held that getting money is good and spending money is bad. Seeing that they are two sides of one transaction, this is absurd; one might as well maintain that keys are good, but keyholes are bad. Whatever merit there may be in the production of goods must be entirely derivative from the advantage to be obtained by consuming them. –Bertrand RussellNever believe a liar. Papa, angry people burn our home.
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Thank you Epipiphileon. Yes, he is another person with a brilliant mind that I would like very much to talk to. I happened to have seen some years ago the video about looking for Tanu /Tuba -- something like that. This one that you have posted is really good. I like his ideas about the sun's light and the how the trees grow.:) I watched a few others and will try and listened to all of his talks. It is a shame that he is gone now right when I am getting to know him.
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Some of you may remember Feynmann's brilliant performance on the commission that investigated the Challenger disaster. On live T.V. he dipped a rubber O-ring in a glass of cold water, pulled it back up, and stretched it, demonstrating that for some seconds it did not spring back to its former diameter sealing off rocket fuel as it was designed to do. By ignoring the recommendations of engineers to scrub the launch because it was too cold, NASA managers created the conditions for catastrophic failure of the O-rings. Feynmann's simple demonstration cut through the fog of NASA's obfuscation to reveal the simple truth.
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It's difficult to single out anything specific to illustrate the brilliance of Feynman, so numerous, brilliant and varied were his contributions. My favourite quote is one made about him, that sums him up nicely.
Feynman is the young American professor, half genius and half buffoon, who keeps all physicists and their children amused with his effervescent vitality. – Freeman Dyson
Arguing with a creationist is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll knock over the pieces, crap on the board, and fly back to it's flock to claim victory.
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