The Curious Mr. Feynman | Freakonomics Radio

From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas - so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our lives? (Part one of a three-part series.)
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[@LakanPepe]

I really wasn't expecting to see a Freakonomics show about Richard Feynman, but here we are, and it's glorious.

[@LakanPepe]

Wait.... A SERIES! I'm so excited

[@jasonmeives5991]

skeptic guide to galaxy with seven novella is my favorite podcast and they embody Mr. Feynman philosophy. i recommend a crossover interview. please make my day.. great episode am so enjoying this

[@asage5801]

Where is part 2?

[@mencken8]

If Richard Feynman were starting over in today’s university atmosphere, would he even make it to grad school? Debatable.

[@mencken8]

The segment discussing use of The Bomb is typical of such narratives- the scientists who built the bomb believing that they somehow accessed a superior morality when it came to dropping the weapon on Japan, and somehow entertaining the notion that they would have any control over the bomb once it was made. The idea that the U.S. would lose tens of thousands of lives in an invasion of Japan rather than lose the bomb is ludicrous.