Richard Feynman - Problem Solving Methods

[@SydneyCarton2085]

You can always hear him smiling as he gets excited when he talks about puzzles. Child like curiosity with adult intuition

[@thegoodlydragon7452]

Arcadio Buendia *child-like

[@sabatino1977]

Yes! It sounds like he's so happy. That's why he was such a genius. He really loved learning math and physics.

[@BB-zp8lu]

"Child like curiosity with adult intuition" Nice words, I love it!

[@gregmezera6571]

That's exactly what I thought after watching another video of him. I'm a theoretical physicist myself, and my sisters always go on and on about how much smarter I am than they are. It's not true. I just love learning new things and making clear, infallible proofs of known things. If they like math as much as I do, they would be just as "smart". I try to tell them that, but they simply don't believe it and think I'm just being modest. I think I have that exact same boyish excitement when I'm trying to prove something. However, to be clear, I'm nowhere near as good a physicist than Feynman and never will be. He was amazing in so many ways. I wish I could have seen some of his lectures, but unfortunately I was 5 when he passed. I went to a damn good school for physics and while some of my profs were very, very good teachers, Feynman blows anyone else our of the water as far as getting students interested in the subject.

[@drbonesshow1]

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton Jr.

[@randoomnik]

+Don Mueller C.F. Gauss, a great predecessor of Mr Feynman, did the same thing - although he claimed that he really didn't remember himself how he got to his mathematical breakthroughs. Same with Ramanujan and his notebook. It took decades to investigate all his mathematical musings.

[@drbonesshow1]

+Trinitro phenylnitramine Imagination: something all children have in ample amounts until societal pressures (e.g., PC mumbo jumbo) squeezes their imaginative thoughts out of them. All that remains is the adult husk, which is where the late George Carlin takes over. Take it away George: “Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.” -- George Carlin

[@anarchospiritualist8257]

Everyone is saying that the only way to do it is with violence.

[@brittenyevans1101]

this is beautiful

[@Amethyst_Friend]

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. Political correctness has nothing to do with stifling imagination!

[@chemdah]

Feynman put so much effort into learning maths even when he was a school but for him it was a game. It's always the same, if you want to be the best at something it has to be a passion, hobby, interest. game and above all fun. For a simple person like me it's really only music and sports that fit this criteria. But I am sure there are other kids out there who have similar minds and interests as Feynman. We should bring back algebra quizzes and other problem solving quizzes. Watching this video makes me realise what it takes to be a genius and like being good at anything else it's never something amazing and magical, just passion and hard work.

[@HimJimRimDim]

Robert Nooney learning math should be enjoyable and in some ways sort of like a game. I majored in Maths in college and grad school. But I learned a lot more about maths and reallly started understand it in far greater depths after I finished my degree's and started playing around with the ideas on my own and exploring the subject in far greater depth and taking on interesting challenges and exploring ideas that have yet to be solved. math is really an exciting subject. Unfortunately early on in school many kids get the impression its a hard, mundane and boring subject which is why math is hated by so many. And the way many schools approach the subject they create a negative stigma regarding maths. Many people I meet find it unbelievable that I actually enjoy maths.

[@Flickchaser]

+HimJimRimDim One of the major reasons many students avoid math is based on logic. HOW can I use this(math). To what application,HOW to utilize these equations??? To what purpose?? Most problems 4x+3x are readily solved, but text books and teachers, Elem-Mid-High school fail or ignore to demonstrate application. Out of school for years (grad 1960), one day I pick up a book. There is a problem given: A Submarine must work a firing solution for a torpedo attack against enemy ship. I could not put the book down, the geometry now made sense-distance, course, bearing and speed of target, torpedo speed and range etc..why had not our text books in school had an example like this??. I began to study navigation, time speed distance. To some extent ballistics of projectiles. Later I had to study Trig. in electrical theory training for phase angles and power factor determination. There was a use for it, a valid cause. But in public school albeit we could work the bland boring equations, I never remember seeing an application involving aeronautical principles or weapons design. I fully realize ones personal interest can be highly influential in motivation, direction and effort applied. IMHO no text book should be allowed in schools unless reviewed by practicing Engineers who use this amazing tool called "math"to earn their bread. I firmly believe math is addictive and can be "fun"...IF only given adequate exposure by examples of Engineering, not a text book compiled by someone who's is far removed from design work. I found an old book "The Los Alamos Primer" by Robert Serber. It is far and away out of my realm at this time and others who lack the background. I once checked on a math course but was told that Eng. 101 would be required. I never went back. Makes you wonder what would be the result if people were taught what they were interested in, instead of what some academic guru or institution decreed as necessary.

[@stumbling]

+Robert Nooney I think a lot of it has to do with the way it is taught in schools (i.e. god awfully!). Kids become rapidly proficient at all kinds of things outside of school, yet those same kids can struggle and be uninterested in whole disciplines like English, mathematics or science. Why is this? Is it simply because the academic subjects taught in schools are more difficult? No. It all comes down to our interests. Take the top 1% of mathematics grade A students and I guarantee that the vast vast majority of those kids will have hobbies that require mathematics, e.g. computer programming. They are not getting high grades in maths because of their teachers, they are getting high grades because they have a use for maths, a need for it you could say because it is required to achieve the things they want to do in their spare time, for "fun". Good teachers always help, of course, but the education system simply does not provide adequate education to provide students with any level of understanding. It is an extremely shallow education, firing topics at kids without giving them a chance to explore and investigate them before moving onto the next item on the checklist. All they learn is memorisation, they don't know how to apply any of that knowledge, they can't solve problems, even at the university level kids come out completely useless. The only thing that saves them is their time spent on extra-curricular activities. A good teacher can only help a student who helps themselves. They are a support system for learning, not a knowledge vendor as they are treated by the state. Our education system is actively destroying that self-motivated learning that is most essential.

[@shadeburst]

+Flickchaser you are absolutely right. I have tools in my workshop I haven't used much because I don't know how to use them properly. I only learned a little bit about how to use a router because there was a special carpentry problem I couldn't solve any other way. You made a great suggestion. There should be video games that require us to calculate the answer, like a firing solution or putting a payload into orbit, and the more you know about math the better your answers will be. In no time, calculus would be the most popular subject at school!

[@Flickchaser]

shadeburst: Your comment reminded me of a movie I saw years ago "Stand and Deliver" with James Olmos where a teacher of a Los Angeles High School told his fellow faculty members that he wanted to take his class, predominately Hispanics and teach them calculus. They told him it could not be done...no way could the students hack it. They just forgot one thing..his amazing teaching ability...

[@nidurnevets]

My uncle, Abe Bader, was Feynman's physics teacher in high school. I remember, when I was a kid, my uncle telling my father that he once taught this brilliant student who could learn more physics in a weekend than he could learn all summer. So he lent him some advanced books to study. I never caught the name of the person, so I didn't realize he meant Feynman until decades later. By that time, both my uncle and Feynman had died.

[@fun2badult]

So how do you know that was Feynman and not some other kid?

[@nidurnevets]

Joon Yi my uncle is written about in the book called genius and the story about lending thid brilliant student that he told my father is told by feynman in his book which is called something like surely you must be joking. If ypu Google abram bader ypu sometimes get an article from the book genius in which my uncle explains the principle of least action. Sorry for the typos I cant type well on my phone s little keyboard

[@nidurnevets]

Joon Yi I left out the word "books" I should have said that my uncle told my father that he lent this brilliant student advanced physics book. That story is told by Feynman in his book.

[@nidurnevets]

Astro Physics The story about the books is told from Feynman's point of view in the book Surely You Must be Joking, I think it is called. Also, there are references to my Uncle in the book called Genius, and Feynman mentioned him in lectures. I think he even thanked my uncle in his Nobel Prize Speech. My cousin, Abe Bader's son, did not turn out so well, and there is a book on him also, but not for a good reason. In that book, it also mentions the connection between my Uncle and Feynman. They also wrote to each other when Feynman won the Nobel prize. The chances that he had two geniuses like Feynman in one career, in a regular high school in Brooklyn, would be like having two public school music students who were as talented as Mozart. Even having one, would be highly unusual.

[@Zzzip13Strike]

SURELY YOU'RE JOKING :0

[@Muse060558]

Love the guy. He's inspiring. It's great to have people like Feynman on the record in their own words.

[@satyu131089]

I started reading his book. I think that book is a transcript of talks like this. But this man was pure gold, he is the person that any smart person wishes they were.

[@dylangallagher143]

surely youre joking mr feynman

[@SeanForeman]

What I like about this is the curiosity that drove him to relearn trig on his own. He worked on it constantly developing his own solutions to problems with his own shorthand. I think we each have that subject matter that drives us forward. If we each applied this tireless curiosity to our own interests, what amazing things could we achieve?

[@djnAbNo2]

I wish I had this enthusiasm and drive to solve problems, it's something I'm trying to develop. I am an aspiring problem solver and mathematics student and in part of improving this ability I feel is having this persistence to solve a problem, to be excited, to not rest until you've truly exercised your mind and thought about difference aspects of the problem.

[@Kevo216666]

***** Not knowing is okay, knowing is just finished work. But the most exciting space it that infinitely thin line in-between. That's the sweet spot where creativity happens - I love it.

[@ThePapasmurf1946]

The greatest master makes it look (or sound) easy. Do not be fooled by his easy way of speaking. He's careful to come down to our level, and always make it FUN. He hopes to inspire us all to become involved in the Joy of Finding Things Out.

[@taylorwhitney9021]

Feynman never ceases to amaze me. Absolutely brilliant.

[@stevetarrant3898]

one of the top 5 great minds in the past 2000 years. genius. ..

[@tedlemoine5587]

I think Feynman had the ability to eliminate any bias whatsoever. This is a good trait for a scientist. He had no preconceived notions when beginning to solve anything. Possibly the reason Einstein had a disbelief of certain quantum mechanics. I also loved his quote after he headed the challenger disaster investigation. He said '' For any successful technology to thrive reality must take precedent over public relations for nature cannot be fooled". How true today

[@Cyrusislikeawsome]

True, but in a way Einstein deep held belief in the things that made him disbelieve in quantity mechanics is also what led him to his discoveries. I guess you just have to accept that element of chance. (Also, relativity is pretty counter intuitive as well 😂)

[@aeroscience9834]

Ted LeMoine yes relativity is counter intuitive also. I think Einstein gets a bad reputation on quantum mechanics. It's not like he didn't believe it was correct, just that it was incomplete and there should be another way of looking at it. And believe me, quantum mechanics at that time (with the strict Copenhagen interpretation) definitely has its problems.

[@biancaaguglia3742]

+Ted LeMoine There's absolutely no way to eliminate all bias. Here's one silly example that comes to mind: in the introduction to a book about the history of philosophy, it's author said he tried to eliminate all bias but he couldn't do it. He said that, if he talked about all things that happened in philosophy, like the shoes the philosopher wore, what his friend had for breakfast, etc, he would never write anything. He simply had to leave some things out. Now, most people would say that it's OK to leave details about shoes and breakfast while talking about philosophy. But some people will disagree. For this latter group, shoes and breakfast can actually explain some types of behavior and thoughts that non-shoe people miss. :-)) Anyway, the idea is that we always have some kind of bias and that's perfectly OK. We need to have bias or we'll never get to any conclusions. But we also need to listen to people who think differently because we can learn things we'd never thought of before. The thing I love most about Feynman is not only that he was able to minimize bias but that he kind of loved the idea of "bias can't be zero". It made problem solving more fun.

[@zadeh79]

Feynman was a true genius! Nowadays, people just boast about high SAT scores.

[@MrGold-17]

If you really wanna find a person with a high IQ, search for the person that’s place 1 in Kahoot 😂😂😂

[@MuonRay]

Intelligence is one of the hardest things to measure. I think an IQ test is a test of intelligence, however relative to the complexity of the brain it is very crude. It is like trying to test the performance of a computer with a single multimeter. You could get the frequency of the CPU transistors and approximate performance but you are ignoring the intricate connections and software. The brain is the most complicated machine we know of, even chimps have to be isolated for years to test them.

[@admiralhyperspace0015]

Dude, I love you for sharing this. This is so eye-opening for me. Being a normie has always hurt me. I know what I was missing in life now. And Imma go get it.

[@fun2badult]

Curiosity and Persistence to cure that curiosity is what makes a great detective, whether it's in Physics, Math or in life

[@nestorlopez4284]

+Astro Math is to physics like masturbation is to sex - Feynman

[@nivadenmark]

He says things in simple ways which is fantastic. I love that he didn't like the sin and cos as sine and cosine notations, and he created symbols for them for himself in school. We should have adopted his notations!

[@whatzause]

Exactly what I thought. His new improved symbols should have been made standard.

[@whatzause]

This is a test to see if I can comment on my own reply, like someone later said you can’t do it.

[@Freq412]

The purity and clarity of his descriptions make everything seem so simple and straightforward. But then you realize that the clarity he exudes is the result of pure genius. I will say this: Like other commenters below, I had no interest in maths, I just couldn't see it's application. Then I studied electronics and found that math was the tool that made electronic circuits functional (or understandable). Eureka!

[@achillesmetaxas6801]

he made things his own as he learned and taught himself. I wish he could have lived forever.

[@BluesBoy-ij2rb]

One of the attributes I admire about Feynman is he never put on airs or made others feel stupid............a man of humility, hes that math/physics teacher I wish I had..........Erik

[@ErgoCogita]

Reading "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" when I was very young was integral in establishing my penchant for critical thought. Shortly thereafter, "A Brief History of Time" made me feel very small and insignificant. I felt that way for years. My blissful ignorance became an inky darkness. Years later, I stumbled upon "A Demon Haunted World" in which Sagan held the candle high enough for me to see a Cosmos full of candles waiting to be lit. So many candles, so little time...

[@MOSMASTERING]

Although written 8 years ago. I just came across this comment and I related and agree. It’s so sad these days how people are so reactive and not responsive. Emotions running high. there is no critical thinking any more. It’s essential.

[@miguellorenzo3726]

It catches my eye that there is far less verbal violence in the comment section (if there even is) in a video of physics than in most other categories. We engineers/physicists/mathematicians should become politicians. That'd be harmonious

[@Bob50520]

Ur a idiot. she's a great politician.

[@peter-andrepliassov4489]

And there is your verbal violence.

[@MorphingReality]

it takes a lot of free time to troll constantly, people in STEM fields or those who are just more analytically minded get bored with that shit.

[@skulpturalol]

I think it is because once you get to know more about real science, you become very humble with it.

[@miguellorenzo3726]

Boris Ivanov There's no argument there ;) ISO

[@rarulis]

Feynman's thoughts on mathematical notation seem very pertinent to teaching.

[@nathanrobinson1099]

Absolutely, not being mathematically gifted, I despised the standard notation.

[@StephenDoty84]

His do-it-yourself determination could result in a Nobel Prize...

[@StephenDoty84]

***** I should have guessed! ;)

[@StephenDoty84]

qacwnfq q safe-cracking would be harder too.... ;)

[@vinaypundhir9523]

It took me a lot of time to find what nature i have to carry to be happy but when i gained knowledge about sir RP Feynman the answer was right in front of me

[@wowtrax]

Also a big factor in how good a problem solver you are is how determined you are to see the problem through to the end, which clearly Feynman was very good at.

[@Kevo216666]

I've love a couple of minutes in his brain. :)

[@BatMandor]

I'd love a couple of minutes talking to him... actually know i could talk to him forever. We'd do puzzles till eternity lol

[@zadeh79]

Conventional IQ tests load high on the type of upfront processing, but typically lack long term memory measures. The notable exception being Woodcock Johnson III-R, which includes, and even suggests long term memory measures as a proxy for general intelligence. Also it is the MATH factor, not Concept formation ('fluid intelligence'), that has the highest g loading (this was also confirmed on the , less reliable COGAT measures. The Math Factor may be related to complex working memory). Perhaps the most relevant skill associated with creativity and high level problem solving, is a long term memory related skill, called associative memory - which is the most direct measure of (true) inductive thought. Aside from direct measures provided by the WJ-III, the Ravens Progressive Matrices is .34 loaded on associative, however, the Working memory loading is arbitrary high enough (.33), where it acts as a limiting factor to a subjects score. On tests that are more direct measures of induction, (let alone math loaded), Feynman's score would certainly be higher than the 5th percentile. Considering the impermeability of working memory, it is the associative memory component that most likely accounts for the increase in RAPM scores, known as the Flynn effect. Although it has a genetic component, the associative can be enhanced to some degree, by practice. '125 IQ'? Sure; You just ignore the dynamic associative/heuristic network that facilitates relational (inductive) thought, and you get a random number ...125.

[@vexorian]

He's so damn right about function names especially sin-1 damn.

[@stevetarrant3898]

this is a guy who barely after getting accepted into college (by the way, scoring 100% in both entrance exams, which had never been done before, making some think he should be a lecturer, not a student) was recruted into the nuclear development team (Manhattan project) and working with peers who soon bowed to his obvious mathematical genius, even though he was the most junior. his input greatly enhanced the ultimate result being the development of atom splitting (and the development of the atom bomb). truly unique,

[@meerselengera8810]

lol, no.

[@fiveredpears]

He was the Columbo of physics.

[@computerscienceandphysicst4292]

Its videos like these where people tend to comment something witty to make themselves seem smart or smarter. Just what you would expect since after hearing Feynman talking about any subject.... it's as if you automatically know everything and or have the ability to describe things like he can.

[@dawnqwerty]

Well lectures tend to attract a certain breed of people. Also I know that I adapt my language and thinking for the people I'm with. So when I watch(or listen in this case) these videos I change to a more intellectual tone and my word choices become more varied.

[@anarchospiritualist8257]

Attempts at wit and smartness are preferable to ad hominen speeches done back and forth regarding politics. It's why I'm also fond of the commentators of Alan Watts and Terence McKenna videos.

[@mohammadmoslemuddin7274]

like you who are trying to become smarter than them

[@valeo626]

Im 8 and i understand string theory. I also understand the new comments format.

[@AlexanderZapataIndividual]

Ironically, you dont like change ;)

[@xenomann442]

Understanding in the sense, that you watched a documentary on it that was meant for the general public. Or understanding in the sense that you are able to understand the math, and solve problems in string theory? If it is the latter, then congratulations on being someone far more intelligent than Feynman could ever hope to be.

[@AlexanderZapataIndividual]

Adam Wojtczak Knowledge is not intelligence.

[@xenomann442]

Alexander Zapata I agree. But in order for this 8 year old to completely understand string theory, he would have had to learn a great deal of math, most of which is not taught until the higher years of college. Which means he must be an exceptionally quick learner, and good independent thinker. And then to actually be able to solve problems in that field requires a great deal of problem solving ability. Understanding string theory, is not the same as memorizing facts. You can't memorize your way to doing string theory, you do need intelligence.

[@AlexanderZapataIndividual]

That would be evidence of intelligence yes. What I am adressing is Feynman's intelligence I am convinced he could have learned String Theory if he found it interesting. So more intelligent than feynman based on this, does not seem like a good benchmark.

[@geniusmchaggis]

jeez i wish i had his attitude when solving those "problems" in tests at school. the "a train is travelling 50mph and another train is travelling 30mph when will they meet" questions. looked interesting to me but you only had a minute to figure it out. if i spent some time on it id get it. but we didnt get the time so i thought i couldnt do it. he took the time. then got faster and faster. i like his method!

[@MrMoggyman]

Alan Turing was like Richard Feynman. Turing would look at a problem, and, not using the standard ways of solving it, would try to think up a completely new way of solving it. I really like Richard though. He had such a great enquiring mind, but he also understood that life was for living. You can almost feel the brightness of his mind. I could have gone out with this man and had an excellent time without even touching on physics at all.

[@Socal_Geo1]

I enjoyed his flag pole / rope story, and although I know he was just giving a quick example with just some thrown-out arbatrary numbers I did the calculation for fun anyways. Let x = the height of the flag pole. 5^2+x^2=(x+3)^2= The flag pole in his example is 2ft 8in tall! You'd have to hang a little bitty tiny flag on there. hahaha

[@JaredConnell]

'I got one for ya, a mother and daughter are traveling in Europe...' 'she had the bubonic plague, come on give me a hard one!' Haha great story

[@minkymott]

I'm sure someone has asked this, but I'm wondering how Mr. Feynman would have done with the Rubic's Cube.

[@frankdantuono2594]

The mother and daughter riddle was actually an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Into Thin Air'' from 1955. Either the TV show based the episode off of the riddle which had been floating around for decades or Dr Feynman misremembered the timing of when and how he heard this riddle.

[@felixthecat5416]

+Frank Dantuono recently there was a treatment of this idea called Flightplan w Jody Foster- good movie by the by

[@jainendra71]

I think this is from his book 'Surely You're joking Mr. Feynman'

[@Saltboi231]

It is. :D

[@49fa75]

other way around 🙄

[@stevetarrant3898]

this isn't a guy who knows math, reads math, understands math, this is a guy who makes math. Makes Math. live, breaths math. not because he chose to, but because it chose him. the definition of genius.

[@TheFacefinder]

Smartest man on the planet, well, not any longer. He figured out the first shuttle disaster. Great man.

[@Phillll]

+steve My hero too, but read his books. In one - can't remember which - the story is told of how he got a fair bit of help with that - essentially he was told, or it was strongly hinted to him (by, I think the guy's name was Major Kusayda, or similar) but he did the demo on TV & got the credit for the discovery...

[@BartAlder]

+Phillll That book was called "What Do You Care What Other People Think?".

[@blackraider777]

a true scholar and a gentleman

[@andrew01]

There is some pretty brutal clipping of the audio in a few parts. (9:56, 13:41, a couple other places, and especially 4:41) Does anyone know where I can find the original uncut recording?

[@BboyKeny]

Such a Fineman

[@CandidDate]

My dad had caught Parkinson's and I visited him in the rest home. He had a little plastic box puzzle with two different colored balls. He let me see it, but I assumed he would show me how to move the puzzle to arrange the balls. It occurred to me, later that he wanted me to figure it out for myself. He was an engineer. I later studied engineering but could never figure things out like electronic schematics. I was always more of a creative. I wrote in words the exact functioning of our group engineering project, but could never figure out the math of it.

[@rd0769]

my long time problem dy/dx is so irritating we can cancel the d. at last somebody said this And he is my idol.

[@Phillll]

+RIPUDAMAN KOCHHAR If you want to UNDERSTAND calculus, particularly differential, get a little book (you can download it free from the net) named "Calculus made Easy" by Sylvanus P. Thompson. Feynman indirectly - not by name - refers to it in one of his books. He quotes the author by saying "What one fool can do, another can" This (or pretty close, may not be verbatim) is in Thompson's introduction, which itself is a great paragraph or two. Look it up :-)

[@rd0769]

Phillll Thanks for this, I was really Looking for something easy about calculus. :) . because i want to learn just for my understanding.Its 1914 edition , i Hope no further easy techniques invented :P

[@Cyrusislikeawsome]

+RIPUDAMAN KOCHHAR Calculus is really fun :) I hope you have a good time

[@Cyrusislikeawsome]

+RIPUDAMAN KOCHHAR Calculus is really fun :) I hope you have a good time

[@rd0769]

Cyrusislikeawsome Yea ! havng :)

[@terencewinters2154]

He riffed off the formulaic compelled by competition and the urge for greater efficiency. Curiosity being his original muse . This is how he stood on the shoulders of the giants who came before him. He had a graphic and spatial relationship brain that crossed disciplines of science .

[@Unknowledgeable1]

0:00 persistence in making the unknown known 6:30 8:38 ❤9:02 10:56

[@AubreyRobertson]

Such an excellent read (Surely you're joking...). I picked it up at a used bookstore about 10 years ago. It was my introduction to Feynman the man, and I devoured it in a weekend. If you enjoyed it, you should read part 2: "What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character".

[@lapelcelery42]

Would also highly recommend Ralph Leighton's "Tuva Or Bust!: Richard Feynman's last adventure" about their joint search for a place which existed on some maps, but on which they could find almost no information. It's like non-fiction Indiana Jones with Feynman.

[@MisterBinx]

The still use inverse sign symbol notation which I also don't like. I sometimes right arc sin. Trig was a lot of fun. I failed it the first time. Got a good teacher the second time and got an A. I even got a perfect score on the second mid term. Man that felt great. Trig is a really useful course. Once you understand the unit circle you should be good. Get a good teacher though. It's hell if your teacher is bad.

[@gregmezera6571]

You know you've taken a shit-ton of math and physics classes when you've used up every English and Greek letter for variables and have to resort to Hebrew. I remember getting a kick out of it when my undergrad quantum mechanics class started using Hebrew letters for variables. Such quality nerd humor. I'm now going back for a Phd and will be sorely let down if the solution is just to add extra indices on English letters. I already know that's the case for tensors in general relativity. Screw the conveniences of it, they should have taken Einstein's Nobel Prize back because of that one. I wouldn't mind using some other clunky notation for covariant and contravariant tensors as long as we got to use a new alphabet. Ya feel me?

[@glynndraper437]

If you can't seamlessly link topics in nature , in an invigorating manner , in a way that appeals to kids and adults alike , you've wasted time you never get again . It's a life's work , building a mind .By 35 , I had enough invested to slow a bit , thirty years could be fast or slow to know the earth ? Everybody is different the main thing is to find your own way and get there .

[@mariothepookster]

Besides having the mental capacity to excel at problem solving & using mathematics to conceptualize & solve problems, it seems that PERSISTENCE & DETERMINATION played a key role in Feynman's penchant for excelling in theoretical physics ... or was it the his relationship with his father, the fact that he grew up during the depression, he grew up in a rabid antisemitic US, didn't speak much until he was 2+ years, wasn't particularly enamored by his genius, or metals, awards ... Who knows!!!

[@learngoodable]

I searched Richard feynman problem solving on google! And I got this! I am lucky :)

[@kristine8338]

Keep it Fun is crucial.

[@noranel-sherif1263]

The title was a bit too generalized.. It cld ve been Math problem solving... But the idea to even challenge the very sacred signs was an eye opener.. that even them can be challenged... Imagine challenging the equal sign..😉

[@Videosaurus_Wrex]

only today the answer is only a small amount of marks, the value of the question is in showing your work. which means if you understand algebra and go about problems a different way then you are penalized

[@Mornys]

Also even though premise of a test would be that there's only one right answer to each problem (multiple choice format), a creative thinker may not make the same assumptions as the designer of the test and most other people, and find more patterns and reasons why other than the intented answers would be just as good. Then getting some of the questions "right" may become a coin toss or worse, even though the subject would have thought way further than expected.

[@Brewsto]

what a genius

[@LeoLerena]

Thank you very much for the material, I personally have never even heard about this video. By the way, where is it from?

[@dgaagjezeken]

correction for mr feynman: the area of a triangle is half the product of two sides multiplied by the sine of the angle between them

[@MattGOU-cr4mm]

Feynman was the most interesting and the most brilliant man, Watch the Rogers Commission on the Space shuttle challenger, He makes NASA look like idiots and describes the failure of the seals to where a 1st grader could understand it perfectly

[@lapelcelery42]

He didn't make them look like idiots. They knew the seals weren't rated for use at those temperatures. He revealed them to be deliberately negligent.

[@paulwright9749]

When I get asked the question ‘you can ask any 12 people to dinner, who would you ask? ‘ RF is always at the table 😎

[@themightychabunga2441]

The pragmatic approach : When several different and varied measurements result in the same solution then there is a remote probability that it is time for the next quandary .

[@aliciasumarno248]

Hi! Can anyone please tell me where this is from and if it is copyrighted? I'd like to use the audio in a video, thank you!

[@ErgoCogita]

Oh! I completely forgot about that book. In fact, I did read that before going on to A Demon Haunted World. Thanks for reminding me!

[@keepyouright6157]

Feynman is as honest as they come.

[@victorhiggins7802]

I think Sagan did that for a lot of people. For me it was "Dragons of Eden" back when I was a pup

[@darinfrisbie543]

God Bless US All

[@darinfrisbie543]

keep the faith

[@luizpaulo6535]

*us

[@yowut8075]

Never got to the "brief history of time" part myself, bought a Penthouse subscription instead.

[@mutalix]

So so very true.

[@swarajnanda7874]

Can anyone find out the equations written on this picture? We should solve this together...

[@jonathanhernandez3292]

lol he sounds so friendly, love his accent :3

[@merlinjones2660]

He also advanced the future for those of a balanced mind set to grasp and advance his thesis in PEACE

[@YA-ee9zf]

4:50 yeah person is the word you were looking for dear sir

[@lapelcelery42]

Not necessarily. It may have been a guy.

[@holohulolo]

hhahaha, I actually did something like that, I was so lazy in school and really hated math, so I never did memorized the equations people are memorizing, so when I got to the exam paper, It was simple algebra and trigonometry question, since I don't remember about the equation which other students just do and apply. I took the bits and pieces that I remember of how and what the equation does, and started deriving on the equation by setting a simple problem. If it was algebra I'll just replace the x with a random number and then work out the equation and viola I got formula. But it wasn't really effective though, I spent a lot of time doing this during the papers especially because other stuffs I simply had to do a bit of trial an error from the bits of pieces that I remember until the equation worked out. Sometimes, I just couldn't figure out the equation so I had to skip on to other questions and hope that the structure of the question itself reveals another piece of the missing puzzle. And so I ended up not completing the paper usually, although that was partly due to my carelessness too, I always make tiny mistakes such as copying number from one place to the other for the working and it completely screwed up the answer. Oh well, I don't have to do that kind of math anymore anyway, if I take took that as a major, I'd probably get myself frustrated hahahah.

[@alexanderleeart]

omg I love this guy

[@ublade82]

The senior's girlfriend and Feynman reminds me of The Office. Dwight Schrute: Brain teaser: I have two coins, totaling 15 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What are they? Ryan Howard: A dime and a nickel. Dwight Schrute: No. I said one of them is not a nickel. Ryan Howard: But the other one is. I've heard that before. Dwight Schrute: Okay. A man and his son get into a car accident. They are rushed to the hospital. The doctor says, "There's no way I can operate on this boy, because he's my..."

[@kentneumann5209]

His speech reminds me of Norton from "The Honeymooners". Art Carney maybe? I can't remember for sure and I'm not gonna look it up.

[@jackj.3217]

Yep, Art Carney. Oddly, a genius himself - comedic.

[@glynndraper437]

If someone doesn't consider knowing a man like Feynman important . I immediately loose some respect for them.

[@kailashram914]

for those who wish Feynman lived longer- "For one who has taken his birth, death is certain; and for one who is dead, birth is certain." Bhagavad Gita

[@MsHojat]

The whole hating function syntax and trig function syntax and Calculus syntax really bothered me quite a bit too. In fact it made me dislike math, as well as have some troubles with trig and calc. I guess a lot of it was teachers too. I never had any amazing teachers for trig/calc, although most of them weren't too bad.

[@whatishappening4928]

Thinking about things that might or might not be is not the same as experiencing and knowing what actually is. That's just my opinion though

[@benquinney2]

Feynman notation

[@calvinphillips6132]

This sounds exactly word for word from his autobiography.

[@michaelsteffensen6844]

I don't think he has an autobiography. Most of the books about his life are taken from interviews and talks he did, he never actually sat down and wrote these things.

[@lapelcelery42]

@@michaelsteffensen6844 He does have two books "Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" published under his own name, which I believe were almost verbatim from recordings he did with a friend telling stories like this expressly for the purpose of those books. So, he didn't write them, per se. But he dictated them as they were written, and fortunately he was eloquent enough for them to read as fluidly as they do.

[@olayinkaanifowose5099]

I always try to disassemble puzzles I see in the world, like geometrical and theoretical problems in my head. It's just that i'm not smart enough to solve them :(

[@harrisonpeter9105]

The subtitle is too blur

[@freemanguess8634]

I like his thinking

[@kentvanhoeven3946]

this is the best

[@jamesrobinson949]

Imagine giving this guy one of those 9x9 puzzle cube as a kid... he'd probably have a ball.

[@ublade82]

Ryan Howard: [cuts him off] "Because he's my son." The doctor is the boy's mother. Dwight Schrute: A man is found hanging from the ceiling... Ryan Howard: [cuts him off] He stepped on a block of ice, hung himself and the ice melted. Dwight Schrute: A hunter... Ryan Howard: [cuts him off] It's a polar bear, because you're at the North Pole. Dwight Schrute: Damn it!

[@hohaia01]

This Feynman guy is a smart alec

[@tedgrant2]

I like easy puzzles. They are easy.

[@matrixate]

So true....

[@marekkrakovsky4187]

Feynman, Einstein and Thomas Young are the smartest people in history.

[@melese1988]

Start from the undeniable assumption that Feynman was truly a great physicist. Now (if you claim a score 125) ponder on what possibly the IQ test measure. If someone scores higher than Newton, can we really say they smarter than Newton as if IQ test is some unshakable "objective" measure.

[@whatsonchannelB]

Kinda wonder what role amphetamines may have played in his constant giddiness. :D Kidding - he is legend.

[@drbonesshow1]

Baseball players certainly used enough greenies.

[@herethererainbows]

Brian Klug nothing really wrong with thinking that. it was a different time. yeah they knew about drug addiction as well. but some people wanted to stay up.

[@TheGrandMasterFunk]

nono, it was the Feynman METHOD, not meth

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

He looks like Sean Connery's more pensive little brother, here

[@maukman1980]

I think he looks like Billy Crudup in the Watchmen.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

William Ahrendt Haha, I think you just like the Manhattan Project connection

[@phxmarker]

He's pretty good at math.

[@guest_informant]

The real trick is to give the answer before they've even stated the puzzle :-)