“If you know the name of a bird in all of the human languages, you will still know absolutely nothing about the bird. My father taught me the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing about that something.” Richard Feynman
Earlier this week, my father sent me 2 short video interviews of Nobel Physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman speaks of his intense dislike of “honours”. He speaks about valuing his work for the intrinsic value of his work: “I enjoyed physics because I used to play with it, I do it for the fun of it”. He speaks of the need to “disrespect the respectable”.
Disrespect for the Respectable
What’s the difference between the king and the subjects? The difference is epaulets, uniform, position: it has nothing to do with something intrinsic of that person.
Science in 1 Minute
Richard Feynman explains science in under 60 seconds:
- Step 1) Guess…
- Step 2) Check if your guess can predict nature,
- Step 3) If not, your guess is wrong.
It doesn’t matter who made the guess, the beauty of the guess, how much you would like the guess to be right, the simplicity of the equations… it only matters whether it can predict nature.
More like this?
Do you know any other great minds that we can find their interviews on youtube? I would welcome ideas in the comments below 😉