Richard Feynman - Funny Patents

[@taiming71]

He would have been a lot of fun to hang out with.

[@the-chillian]

By all report, he was exactly that.

[@johns7734]

Tiwaking Tiwaking - That wouldn't work. He was the bongo drum player at the strip club. At least, during the Manhattan Project.

[@the-chillian]

John S -- That would have been kind of difficult. There weren't even any significant towns nearby during the Manhattan Project, let alone strip clubs. Plus, he was very devoted to his wife at the time, who sadly passed away from TB while he was there. (They knew she was ill when they married, but they wanted to have what time they could together.) His bongo strip club days were later, while he was at Caltech. During the Manhattan Project he'd sometimes head out to a nearby mesa at night and drum beneath the full moon. This led to stories about some old Indian medicine man who lived nearby.

[@52rhflight56]

ChrisC Feynman began to frequent strip clubs and pros after his wife died in 1945. Locations included Las Vegas and Albuquerque. He wouldn't arrive at Caltech until he returned from Brazil in June 1952.

[@the-chillian]

52RH Flight Perhaps, but he wouldn't have been playing the bongos with them yet at that point.

[@titansoftime]

I initially thought "No Video?! Pft...". 2 seconds after to listening to this guy I was hooked.

[@AFO_AnalyRics]

Exactly the same experience.

[@GrayNeko]

What I would give to have a beer with this man. ^_^

[@GH-oi2jf]

GrayNeko - He quit drinking alcohol at a fairly early age.

[@tehKap0w]

Richard Feynman, Troll Level: Super-wizard class.

[@amicloud_yt]

@@bardes18 ...don't you mean a art form?

[@Kevo216666]

OMG.... I love this story.... Brilliantly told. I have tears in my eyes.

[@crazieeez]

Thank you for the audio. So refreshing and funny. "My usual mischief". Love you Richard Feynman!

[@MichaelSchagen]

Comedy emerges when intelligent people expose the ridiciliousness of human artificial constructs. Legislators are a different breed of people then physicists I suspect.

[@milliosmiles5160]

Yes, the trick is in seeing the comedy, no matter how ridonculous the insanity. RFP had it down to an art.

[@MichaelSchagen]

maybe the people responsible for the ridiculousness can't see the humor of it?

[@erikziak1249]

According to the current "language": He really trolled them.

[@saganworshipper6062]

He trolled *everybody*.

[@nicolasblackbird2771]

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[@albertrogers8537]

If there were a Nobel Prize for satirical science comedy, Feynman should have got it.

[@davepullin8572]

He would not have wanted it. He didn't want the one he got.

[@MrDLimit]

He was such a wonderful man. Brilliant scientist but also a beautiful human being.

[@meesalikeu]

no, not entirely. he was an adulterer and he slept with undergrads he was teaching, which would get you fired today. different times then though. he was not nice w/murray gell man either. the point being, feynman was human and had his flaws like anybody, so he shouldnt be put on a pedestal outside of physics and his enthusiasim for learning.

[@spiritofmatter1881]

meesalikeu he was certain his wife also had side advantures so he was more of a moron than an adulterer. yep, sleeping with your students is stupid, but this one man did it more out of stupidity than actual overpowering fantasies. It's perfectly illegal and it's absolutely not justified. I don't think Feynman ever painted his own image rosy. He spoke honestly and earnestly about all of his shortcomings, manhattan project inclusive. He was one big jerk, yeah, but not an evil one

[@spiritofmatter1881]

meesalikeu hey I am reading more about it now. Seems like he was a sexually violent person. He used people for his purposes and that included women. A pervert, downright so. yes. He was very pro equality in his opinions but was narcissist in his sexuality - characters and opinions differ.

[@daedrmr2dae]

make sure you take all that with a grain of salt Umi Jong... it's someone else's, an outsider's, sordid take on his own very personal circumstances. It always takes two to tango. Look at your own life as well. Did you expect him *not* to be human because he was gifted? How perfect are you? Like I see again and again today, those who throw stones at others' personal lives invariably tend to hypocritical and messed up when it comes to their own. Not accusing you of anything at all, just saying don't believe the hype of haters who really have no idea what went down behind closed doors. And why care more about that than all the wonderful science he brought to the world? I'd be willing to bet that most people who obsess about the personal lives of scientists really don't understand or appreciate the discoveries that those scientists made.

[@thehardworker7898]

Caesar Schmesar make room for tesla the next time u let ur mind open for a second, and then come to the conclusion that this flaccid metaphysicicist cant hold a pot to piss in for tesla, the scientist, who called these types of people absolute morons.

[@johnries5593]

This is why the USPTO should require a working prototype before issuing a patent.

[@bestoutcomes]

His range was incredible -- brilliant and innovative theoretical physicist; skilled lecturer; skilled professor of physics; sketch artist; bongo drums master; entertainer; comedian; public speaker; and so on. And so highly regarded and revered by many. This clip one of many which demonstrates his wit, charm, class, personality, sense of humor and style. But this one is among the best. He is so down to earth. So full of energy and enthusiasm. What a class act across the board.

[@declup]

I agree, I agree, I agree. And yet what is it about fandom (in general, although, boy, does Feynman have fans) that leaves a bad taste in my mouth? Like drinking coffee with twenty spoons of sugar. I don't think it's the endless supply of online clips and references to Richard or other fan-obsessing things, outnumbered only by cat videos. Those are innocuous enough, just part of the internet scenery. No, I think it has something to do with the shallowness of fandom maybe? As if liking something cool or interesting is itself a mark of prestige or coolness. "I am a member of a group of people with exquisite tastes, a refined palate for recognizing boisterous, content-filled physics lectures or good music or the latest trends in movies. Therefore, I must be pretty special myself," fans seem to say to themselves. They don't realize, or they gloss over the fact, that lots and lots of other people are on to the secret too, that it's as common as a cliche, and that cliche-dom indicates the natural end state of cultural diffusion: something or someone important enough to be known about is now generally known about. Feynman is another George Washington now, another Paul Bunyan. Newer fans of Feynman don't need to promote him any more so aggressively; older fans have already stamped him into our cultural landscape.

[@dkrz8050]

Feynman is probably the best all-around HUMAN, one which someone could only hope to imitate.He is the perfect rendition of the human experience, he is an image of perfection achieved through hard work and a natural abillity.He makes me proud to even be the same species as him or breathe the same air.

[@davyroger3773]

Emulation is one thing, deification is another

[@joemackenzie7417]

I agree; but nobody should hope to imitate anybody; take inspiration from others through being yourself.

[@declup]

I'm guessing you were pretty young when you wrote this comment about five years ago? Maybe in your teens or twenties? Biology and the weight of experience really do have an impact on people as they go through different phases of life. How aging does this exactly, I have no idea. But it seems to be true. You gush at the coolness of Feynman now (or, actually, then, five years ago). But, eventually, you'll start to notice another aspect of him too: he was just a guy. He was a guy who happened to go through some of his own life experiences. When aging has its way with you, you'll still appreciate the end product of all the twists and byways and detours Feynman had to go through in order to become Feynman-ish, but that coolness you focus on now won't jump out at you as much. You'll pick up on, instead, that he was just a product of life, the same as anybody else and, in many of the most important ways, not all that different from anybody else.

[@BoomiestBomb]

Holy shit, this guy's a great storyteller.

[@russellmakar579]

He's much more than that, he's a great human being, top drawer in my book.

[@SoftBreadSoft]

You mean in your dresser?

[@BoomiestBomb]

I think the sock drawer.

[@impCaesarAvg]

Back then, a dollar bill was a silver certificate. Feynman could have turned it in to the Treasury and demanded a silver dollar.

[@humanrightsadvocate]

Richard Feynman knew about the ridiculousness of patents. He knew that you can't own an idea. At best, you can keep it a secret and hope no one else comes up with the same idea. Indeed, information wants to be free.

[@atirix9459]

Agreed, IP is a nonsensical concept.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

What a great photograph of him. I've never seen that one before. I'd sure love to have that on a tee shirt. Great story.

[@longlostwraith5106]

This really lays the stupidity of patents bare for everyone to see... Truly pointless and stifling innovation instead of encouraging it.

[@amritsharma5373]

Wow!! Feynman exicites everyone when he speaks..

[@richardtowers6948]

Oh dear. Funniest thing I heard in weeks. I'm almost crying.

[@BlackEpyon]

OMG! SMART PERSON! MUST PATIENT ALL HIS IDEAS!!! Always get a good chuckle from Richard.

[@theInternet633]

Feynman was one of the only scientists to not only be renowned for his work, but to also be a great science communicator with passion for his work and an excellent sense of humour

[@thehardworker7898]

ha sarcasm... i love it

[@hyphenpointhyphen]

Thanks a bunch for uploading. It sounds even more funny on tape than in the book. Simply straight and honest.

[@robertbilling6266]

I've had the "one dollar" thing when assigning US patents to a UK company. I actually was handed four dollar bills - in England - in return for the assignments.

[@jayteegamble]

They have four dollar bills now??

[@russellmakar579]

Where's my dollar? lmao....I love it.

[@edwardyang8254]

Wow so he patented the high temperature nuclear reactor!

[@Doomxeen]

This was when trolling was an individual art, not this hivemind nonsense we have going on today! My group used to affectionately call these types "professional assholes". Most definitely an honorable title!

[@geniusmchaggis]

what a delightful man! ive read his autobiography and it was fun as hell. HERE i get to HEAR him! love the ny accent and his personality. a regular guy and yet a GENIUS physicist! i wish id had a chance to just have a two hour coffee with him talking about anything. hes on my list of ten people id like to have at one table for dinner. lets see...william powell, humphrey bogart, winston churchill, richard feynman, nicola tesla, rex stout, dashiell hammett, alexander graham bell, p g wodehouse, and.....

[@karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos]

It's not autobiography, it's just biography He didn't write it himself

[@joejee01]

What a great story . Love Feynman

[@adizmal]

Humble, ethical, principled, and cheeky. Cool guy, dat Feynman...

[@pexaminer]

He was such a great storyteller. Funny story, actually. 😂

[@jeffbohn2576]

Beautiful ! thank you

[@pentuprager6225]

True about thinking everyone already had an idea.

[@bobx2x2]

His books are full of stuff like this.

[@pitot1988]

Where is my dollar?

[@u.v.s.5583]

You will have to pay the income tax. Which state are you a resident of?

[@longshot7601]

I recommend that you find Feynman's audio lectures. They really show how he made it fun for his students.

[@AsamaQureshi]

This had me rolling around laughing! What a great man.

[@mootieman]

"and that was my usual mischief" - he must have been a very hard kid to parent :)

[@ezanagebregziabher5981]

intelligence , humor , curiosity, prankster, love for humanity all bundled in to one.its crazy

[@moodyplus]

That sounds like a good time to live. Other than the war and the great depression and polio and many other things. But it still seems like they were living.

[@milliosmiles5160]

And they had chocolate coated biscuits with marshmallow in ;¬)

[@Adya820]

We have them in Serbia also, and they are great

[@abcd123906]

And to think that the ideas he "patented" in a few minutes in an office rattling them off to some guy are each more valuable than so many of the patents that get passed off these days by trolls... kind of makes a mockery of the whole system to some extent XD

[@livintolearn7053]

I bet every single one of the people who got to be in charge when this guy was on duty would've spent the whole day going, "Feynman, you a**hole!"

[@mrmariomantube]

Not interested in the money he just wanted to be a professor: genius status! What an incredible person.

[@JimJWalker]

Reality is indeed more interesting, and funnier, than fiction.

[@StanSwan]

What an amazing thinker and man.

[@ezanagebregziabher5981]

He is an icon for what humanity can be in any possible way.

[@AClarke2007]

No Warehouse big enough for his intellectual property though.

[@trulyinfamous]

I love his accent.

[@jeffknott4081]

Haha best story ever it's sad he's not around to open our eyes even more than he has!

[@thebiglebowski9849]

I almost pissed myself laughing. This is hysterical

[@ronaldspencer547]

I would like to see a copy of his patent. I can't find it listed on Google Patent or at the USPTO. Maybe it is classified?

[@photografr7]

Though some Manhattan Project patents remain classified, it's more likely he filed for a patent but it was never published (and therefore classified). If it wasn't published, it's either because it was deemed to be "obvious" or because a fellow scientist filed for a similar patent sooner, and the rule at the time was "first to invent" FITF).

[@edwardjones2202]

I wonder how many times the accent had him taken for a fool and how many people had to be then put in their places with his genius...would love to have witnessed some of those slap downs

[@sudarshanbadoni6643]

Outside gazing eyes are telling it's fun to to imagine and enjoy life simultaneously and on the other inside eyes are busy to give a meaningful meaning called quantum electrodynamics is a thing so perfect rational and simple yet unimaginable is definition of power of imagination. Thanks for the video.

[@freepagan]

He sounds like a smarter version of Norton from the Honeymooners.

[@hank1519]

Heavy New York accent.

[@peppepre1]

After Einstein there is Richard p Feynman :)

[@CandyKoRn]

He was a troll before trolling was even a thing.

[@edouard67]

The Co. Feynman forgot about was most likely Marquardt Corporation.

[@nattyphysicist]

I LOVE RICHARD FEYNMAN

[@BobStein]

The other guy in there must be Ralph Leighton. He's the guy that schemed to go with Feynman to visit Tuva. But the approval from Mongolian officials came through a month after Feynman died. Heartbreaking story in the documentary based on Leighton's book.

[@atomicmurp1]

Someday I hope Mr. Leighton decides to release all of Feynman's audio recordings :(

[@periurban]

Great man, great story!

[@xavierspade9878]

Patents are a pants load. You can't own ideas and then go around squashing everyone else for decades that also figure it out.

[@davepullin8572]

Yeah you can. But you shouldn't be able to.

[@TheNavalAviator]

He literally invented the nuclear thermal rocket for a joke.

[@BennyHeflinger]

"nuclear powered airplane" is a fascinating idea (since you would probably have a airplane that would never have to come down) BUT it is to dangerous because of human error and it would be devastating the potential of a mistake and/or terrorism killing gratuitous amounts of people. I feel the biggest problem in commercial aviation now is not the speed at which a plane "could" travel but the physical restraints/pressure created by breaking the sound barrier.

[@vinayseth1114]

+Benny Heflinger Why would it never have to come down?

[@BennyHeflinger]

Vinay Seth I would assume for similar reasons why a nuclear submarine never has to come up. Nuclear energy is very dangerous and a airplane with that potential energy is not a good idea since there isn't practicle ways to counteract the dangers. Even Nuclear Powerplant's are incredibly dangerous and I am excited there is brilliant scientist working on such things as the Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator which is a cold fusion reactor which will have incredible amounts of energy and clean energy to provide power to the globe.

[@vinayseth1114]

+Benny Heflinger Oh ok! NASA is thinking of sending nuclear-propelled rockets to mars, by the way.

[@BennyHeflinger]

+Vinay Seth I see, and that isn't a bad idea but in terms of the "hypothetical nuclear airplane" I could just imagine. something like this happen CAPTAIN - "This is your captain speaking. we are 15 minutes from landing at LAX and the time 7:35AM so don't forget to set your clocks back and OH SHIT I JUST SPILLT THIS EXTREMELY HOT COFFEE ALL OVER MYSELF AND THE COPILOT IS BANGING SOMONE OVER AND THIS COFEE IS SO DAMN HOT I CANNOT CONTROL ....THIS....THING.....HOT COFFEE HAS DISABLED EVERYTHING. WHY DID I HAVE 25 GALLONS OF STEAMING HOT COFEEE?!?!?!?!?!?! WERE ALL GOING TO DIE" BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!! ****150 years**** Little kid - Was Los Angeles real? Old Guy - Yes. I am sure it was. I am also sure Atlantis was real. Believe the myths.

[@vinayseth1114]

+Benny Heflinger hmm I see your point.

[@drstrangelove09]

"rocket engineer" ... again Feynman shows his knowledge... he doesn't use the bogus term "rocket scientist," instead he uses the correct term "rocket engineer"

[@NoConsequenc3]

+drstrangelove09 But dude... do we REALLY know how rockets work... /s

[@drstrangelove09]

+Pseudo Lain Of course we do.

[@matlord8799]

+drstrangelove09 Engineering is applied science, so you can say rocket scientist, however it's probably a better use of language to say Rocket Engineer.

[@drstrangelove09]

+Mat Lord No. Science is discovering new laws and relationships of nature. Engineering is applying these discoveries. Rocket engineers apply known discoveries, they do not discover new unknown laws and relationships. The people that design rockets are engineers, they are not scientists. (BTW, I'm not disparaging engineers, I am one.) Just just parroting back the same nonsense that people say over and over again and it is wrong.

[@matlord8799]

drstrangelove09 Wrong. They discover new ways of using the things in the world, they're scientists. A science includes any subject that uses the scientific method, engineering is one, it is applied physics. BTW Engineers have often made scientific breakthroughs, so your insinuation is fatuous on two counts.

[@ericyahav1]

Dollah...dollah...dollah😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RickarooCarew]

so... my company... silly me... gives information away... I have several hydrogen on demand systems... I make a metal more dense and equally radioactive as Pu244... by a couple of notches up specific gravity... and.. a bunch of other stuff... no shortage of viable ideas... because I give them away... absolutely because I give it away.. that's why I'm doing it.. right?.. to make the World a better place... I learned how from good people.. like Dr Feynman... blessings on his family forever for making these videos available for everyone

[@TeraByteify]

You muon, YOU, are fucking AWESOME.

[@somad5773]

"I need a dollar, dollar. A dollar is what I need." It seems like Aloe Blacc made his song after listening to this story

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

Great story of the rocket plane and patents. Now THAT's how to 'make a buck' :-)

[@hank1519]

Great story!

[@pentuprager6225]

Reminds me of my physics teacher.

[@pauladams1814]

Oh what a beautiful person just brilliant. ♡

[@u.v.s.5583]

Should have patented a nuclear powered zero waste toilet that simply evaporates the shit!

[@ram-oj2ij]

for a moment I thought this is a picture of Jimmy Fallon impersonating Feynman

[@Saturn-uz6jc]

Man, he was smart and funny. What a combo. RIP.

[@Loveismygift]

He makes me feel better about how I tell stories, some people their brains work different.

[@danielcook2580]

he had to set up a fund to give out dollars! HaHA

[@EGarrett01]

Back then a dollar was enough to buy a car.

[@7Earthsky]

Feynman and Neil De grasse Tyson would have had a blast together.

[@GeeTheBuilder]

There will never be another :(

[@NiketMJoshi]

I was thinking this conversation happened when Prof. Richard Feynman was at Cornell University. I remember reading this in one of the books he has authored (Book name - Surely you are joking....)

[@TeraByteify]

Didn't they release a bunch to the BBC? I forget.

[@edgarallanpoe1822]

A great mind and with a great deal sense of humour

[@abigailsockeye1586]

now I want to see richard on shark tank

[@AbsentiaeAddoAccendo]

I love this man X'D

[@RaysDad]

My company gave me $1,500 each for my two patents. How much the company made from them I can't even guess, but at least I made more than Feynman did.

[@trefod]

He should have had the patent of trolling.

[@ezanagebregziabher5981]

In today's world if you had 1%of his humor and curiosity you would be regarded as a genius.

[@Nautilus1972]

Not if you are the first person to come up with the idea.

[@7701707]

This guy is awesome

[@The_Isaiahnator]

Man, this guy would've been great on the Joe Rogan podcast. He could've brought his bongos with him.

[@The_Isaiahnator]

Damn, who shat in your Corn Flakes this morning?

[@SuperRockyMountainSRM]

Feynman is my hero.

[@Proteus6684]

What an awesome story :)

[@georges3799]

That made my day.

[@XenoContact]

I got a dollar from my patent lol

[@DonMeaker]

The company was Convair.

[@ThePapasmurf1946]

look up exotic drumming "Feynman - Orange Juice"

[@BLUEGENE13]

where do you get recordings like this muon ray?

[@chemdah]

This is so funny.

[@PropaneWP]

"Intellectual Property" - what a contradiction in terms.

[@manuelillanes1635]

Why?