THE FEYNMAN SERIES - Curiosity

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CREDITS
MUSIC : Ludovico Einaudi - Primavera - itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lud...
NARRATION: Richard Feynman - Take The World From Another Point Of View
BBC The Great Rift - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfldk
Koyaanisqatsi - www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/
Microcosmos - www.imdb.com/title/tt0117040/
BBC Life - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(BB...)
Chronos - www.imdb.com/title/tt0088919/
BBC Planet Earth - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_E...)
BBC The Secret Life of Chaos - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pv1c3
Wonders of the Universe - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders_...
Trinity and Beyond - www.imdb.com/title/tt0114728/

[@kazekage321414]

I used to listen to this video just before every single one of my physics tests as an undergrad. It always had a strange calming effect on me; I was inspired to not worry so much about my grade on the test, and instead try and think creatively about the problems I was given. It worked wonders for me personally, not only was my anxiety gone, but I would often receive extra points from my graders for the originality of my approach even if I made some small mistakes in getting to the final answer. Now that I'm doing my PhD I still come back to this video. It reminds me when I'm slogging through the grunt work of science to look at the bigger picture. I'm trying to find something out about the universe and there's something special, hell even awe-inspiring about that. Feynman was surreal, he's affected generations of scientists even after his death.

[@elrondhubbard7059]

I guess I've always loved science. In my high school years I did nothing but science and math classes. Then I went to university to do a BSc, and sadly, never finished. I work as an industrial electrician now. I really like my job, and it's very technical and satisfying in that sense, but I still have an unwavering love of science. You said Feynman inspired generations of scientists, but I want to add to that generations of regular ass, working class people too maybe. That tingle up the spine, thinking about the connectedness between me as a person and the living chemistry on this world and the larger universe beyond, governed by the properties of matter and energy on the tiniest scales - still gets me. Glad you went through with it like I didn't and got that physics PhD. I'm in my late 30's now - do you think I've still got tome to go back and become an astrophysicist?

[@Hambxne]

@@elrondhubbard7059 You have more than enough time to go back to school. I just quit my job in commercial HVAC a little over 6 months ago to work on a startup and finally read and study content that has always interested me. So far it has been the best decision of my life.

[@tuneboyz5634]

@@elrondhubbard7059 man you're still young af go get that degree!

[@Harsh-lq7xj]

It worked for me too

[@amandac3362]

not sure if the tagged worked but I replied to your comment above^ your comment

[@Jayme501]

This video inspired me to make a career in environmental science. Almost finished my degree

[@AshishVaidya3]

+Jayme501 Congratulations!

[@1secrethuman175]

Don't stop asking questions brotha. :)

[@donepearce]

Why did you quit?

[@zuzusuperfly8363]

I used to listen to this as a Highschool student. I finished my physics degree in 2016 because while I was in highschool I listened to Richard Feynman and other material while I played splinter cell conviction with the sound off.

[@pixelatedjordy6253]

That's awesome :)

[@antti9767]

27 years ago we lost this great human being.

[@JosephPetrow]

Antti Lehto Focus on his life. We are 3 years (actually less than that) away from his 100th birthday. :)

[@baddog52]

Antti Lehto TUVA ! !

[@AlexanderZapataIndividual]

+Antti Lehto lost?! Dont be silly. I am still here.

[@esraeloh8681]

A century of Feynman, sounds nice

[@pixelatedjordy6253]

I also mark the loss of the likes of Feynman, Sagan.. my list could go on and on. I think the best thing we can do with their lives is find inspiration in them to try and build atop their work, lofty a goal as that may be. Carry their momentum forward. The world certainly needs this now more than ever.

[@DeesBees85]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin.

[@Renato404]

In 2024 still😌

[@Renato404]

"seek the company of those who are looking for the truth... and run from those who have found it." Václav Havel

[@needicecream100]

lol very good

[@Dorkus89Malorkus]

It's so wonderful to hear but then 10mins later you're sitting there with a physics problem that you can't set up or a differential equation that you can't solve cursing at science :D.

[@vedantchavda6197]

Be as persistent as Feynman, and you'll get it.

[@DuduRossetto]

I'm staring at a huge PCPS plot I've just made with 3 years worth of data I collected myself. I can't make any sense of it and I've been at it for 3 days. All I think right now is "fuck these biologists like me"

[@sirius3333]

Hahaha, fuck modeling, its pain in the ass.

[@extreme4180]

But the chills we get after solving, the thinking, is not useless afterall

[@dereklong2072]

The answers are out there. Only waiting to be discovered. Find them.

[@pixelatedjordy6253]

Easily my favorite youtube video. It never fails to inspire me when I'm feeling detached and disinterested in things for any reason at all. I wish more people could look at the world the way he did. He was a remarkable person.

[@pixelatedjordy6253]

What matters is all in context. When you make your context the whole universe, it then seems to me that everything matters rather than nothing. If one looks for purpose from a context outside this universe, such as a god or gods, or a reason for creation, there really isn't a lot to be expected. We are intrinsically incapable of fathoming that context, rendering it irrelevant to our sense of "matters" and therefore also inspiration. Context can also be scaled down, bringing out "smaller" elements that matter and can thus be sources of inspiration for action and thoughts. For example in the context of two people in an argument, the choice of words matters. Chosen words could predict the outcome: whether the argument ends amicably, disagreeably or even hostile. The odds of one person entertaining someone else's ideas also often hinges on phrasings. This is just one thing that "matters" in this context. There could be reverberating social consequences of the outcome depending on the situation. And so on. You can scale down even further. The actions of cells in one's body matter. They can decide between cancer or not cancer. We don't have a sophisticated approach for intervening in this currently, but one day our choice to detect and interfere when cells "decide" to create cancer will matter greatly to the patient. Everything matters down to the energy state of a single electron. That is but one entry in the vast list of things I learned largely because of the influence of Feynman on my life.

[@tangoechobravo806]

ain't that the truth jordy.

[@amandac3362]

thank god we all can and do sfter watching and hearing this :) --you too when you remember--- me too when I remember--- Thank God we have this video recording to remind us --when we remember to do so :)

[@dav1sable]

Still returning to Reids videos 5years later.

[@PAPERSCHOOL]

"but now we can make that fire, nuclear fire." *Shivers*

[@CJMilsey]

This man was one of the few whom determined how to produce said fire.

[@MaxwellsWitch]

Nature is apathetic to how we use it.

[@dereklong2072]

11 years later and less than a million views? This video is underappreciated.

[@kakan147]

Listening to Feynman motivates me and reminds me of the reason why I study science. Because of passion and curiosity. As soon as I finish my M.Sc in theoretical physics i will go for a Ph.D. and become a researcher, I can't see myself doing anything else.

[@tuneboyz5634]

hello can u give us an update?

[@davidq.1321]

This man inspired me and is yet to inspire many others.

[@padaku_parul]

I have no words to describe what I'm feeling right now just tears in my eyes and smile on my lips. Thanks for making these masterpieces, i found myself again.

[@ranjannaiya7997]

Just Unforgettable i have nothing to say much about those speeches of Feynman. If you ever lost your meaning of life just pick-up a book of physics or mathematics 😊😊😊😊❤

[@jiminylummox9352]

'an investigation that the race is making into its own environment.' For me, this sentence sums up science as a whole.

[@Irishkeyblade]

Maybe I'm the only one but I have no shame in saying I cried while watching this. A truly beautiful representation of the universe

[@v3v]

For a physics nerd, he was some communicator. So much passion & eloquence. #FeynmanTheMan

[@narek323]

Nerds have the best communication skills because of their higher verbal intelligence.

[@Adhjie]

agree to me its steven pinker as a good orator (doing speech tho not as orator as kennedy from COD BO zombies); and other orators that i cant tell here.

[@skyblazer7]

People take too much for granted and are not 'awed' enough by what should 'awe' them. I recently did some layman investigation into proteins and their functions and relations to each other and I was just amazed...these tiny things, uncounted numbers of them, running around in your body, inside your cells and outside your cells, doing everything to keep you alive at this very moment.

[@Adam-ui3yn]

This sent chills throughout my entire body and puts me in a trance every time. I don't think I've ever experienced such strong emotions watching a video. I'm absolutely awestruck.

[@pablobilbao386]

I used to watch this video constantly when I was a teenager, I am now on my last year of PhD in Physics, already writing the thesis. It has been a ride, but the fun just started, thanks for the inspiration.

[@darwinherrera8623]

Curiosity is a thirst that can never be quenched

[@Jayme501]

Most inspirational piece of media in existence. I'm back for my weekly visit. thank you

[@EVLork]

If Feynman had been my high school physics teacher, i would have never wasted my university years studying law...

[@11am]

I hope it was worth it for all it's worth

[@shivshankarpe]

Great music selection to go with the narration!

[@lovelyxskinny]

Oh my, the music and the images along with those beautiful words by one of my idols just gives me such shivers!!!! Thank you to all who created this.

[@mohdsadiqalzikry3399]

Thanks for making this video possible. I'm a big fan of Feynman, and I found this series a very accurate representation of Feynman's way of thinking.

[@blakeayee]

the fact that this only has 400k views and neil tyson has 8m veiws in sad. i know they were different times, but i cant help but think feynmans genius should be shared by everyone. neil tyson is good and all, but richard feynman is on another level

[@apocalypticskepticus3299]

How about Oppa Gangham style having more than 2 billion... I have nothing against NDT having 8 million, if that is the alternative, but unfortunately it isn`t.

[@writerteacher1]

Tyson is following the example of Carl Sagan, not Feynman. A comparison is like apples and oranges. Tyson and even Sagan are not on the level of Feynman in terms of scientific accomplishment. Granted. Both also have contributed greatly to the public understanding of science. I'm grateful for all three.

[@fourtrees44]

The fact people follow Neil, Carl, or Richard are all good things. It doesn’t matter which one, they are all good to follow. Those that specialize more in the educational components are more likely to be followed, because that is their specialty. I wouldn’t use these three as any sense of competition, but rather that they are all good representatives of science. 😊

[@jiminylummox9352]

Another reason is simply the available technology in the time they were each alive. Feynman never really got to live in the internet age, so he never got to be on a million youtube vids like Tyson. All we have is TV interviews, but Feynman wasn't at all camera shy, I think if he were alive today he'd be doing BigThink interviews and TED talks.

[@AvNotasian]

Nobel prize winning physicist is more insightful than a celebrity scientist? Trivially true, but its better to have something than nothing. The talent you end up with reflects the talent and underlying conditions of society.

[@guycastel123]

I'm on my second year studying Physics and Math - and your videos really keep me going (despite much difficulty). Just the desire of being able to speak about nature with the wisdom and understanding of the likes of Feynman and Sagan. You're doing a true service damewse!

[@divyanshuvadehra3779]

Goosebumps!

[@lukefollett5845]

This video made me understand that curiosity is truly something fascinating, and something that we all experience whether that is a bad or good.

[@twisted709]

yet here i sit in my small world of anxiety

[@aSmallGreenDot]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. one of the best videos ive ever seen. definitely the best inspirational one.

[@ArbitraryxIntentions]

This puts my drive to understand everything into words far better than I could have.

[@BipinOli90]

its his curiosity that made him great.

[@pixelatedjordy]

One of my all time favorite videos on youtube. We need so much more curiosity in our society. Such a brilliant mind and yet, as he says, the foundations of his discoveries are so simple. "There's just a lot of it." :)

[@Kewlpaul_]

The way he explains things makes you start thinking more and more.

[@charlykyoryu4566]

Flabagasting simplicity of a great Genius!

[@doubleja]

I just had this experience the other day with my friend. He's openly admitted to being more interested in fiction than reality. I understand to some extent the pleasure in imagination, but just as Feynman said "the truth is so much more remarkable".

[@DoctorKassem]

How can somebody dislike this video? Makes no sense. This is absolutely amazing.

[@cowkil666]

I really wish you would make more videos, absolutely love these

[@amritsharma5373]

Feynman is always wonderful to listen!!

[@JoJeck]

Utterly beautiful videos (all 3) presenting the wonderful ideas of a great man. Thank you

[@DeMause]

The view of the galaxy from 2:55-3:08 is so inspiring with that music. Keep up the good work damewse. They keep getting better.

[@FunctorialFun]

I love all of your work, and this is one of your best! Thanks for making all of these.

[@productscience]

this is a fantastic way to represent Feynman's talks..... I have heard them before, but the video really makes an impact! Thank you for creating!!! :)

[@deafheart23]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, it brought me to tears. ♥

[@Halazable]

Thanks! Beautifully crafted piece.

[@anthonymullen6300]

and to think the people try to find meaning in a manuscript written by cave dwellers thousands years ago the true story of our existence is absolutely beautiful .Richard Feynman is the embodiment of our lost childhood curiosities.

[@SD-bj9cq]

I like to come back here every now and then, just to feel the emotions again.

[@aceofspades6279]

Much appreciation for taking the time to post the video. cheers

[@Triguy56]

A Truly fascinating video. the way he describes how simple life and what adds complexity to it

[@DavidMartinsdeMatos]

A great video on curiosity and knowledge.

[@billiam5]

The pace of this video, especially the second movement is completely brilliant. I've been keeping up to date with your videos since your first experiment post on reddit, and I gotta say - keep it UP! These are some of the most inspiring videos I've seen in a very long time.

[@SuperChuckie34]

What a truly remarkable speech I love it.

[@THEWIZARD1968]

Overwhelmingly Beautiful It Brings Tears To My Eyes Thank You

[@Mobius303]

Well said and the visuals are amazing....thanks for posting this video

[@monsieurbacteria1923]

A very informative video, also bringing light to the curiosity behind why certain things exist.

[@Laserblade]

First class video work! Well done.

[@GareBearCS]

Yes!!! I'm so happy for these 3 videos that I don't have words to express it. Richard Feynman is just as amazing to listen to as Carl Sagan in my opinion. Videos like these are the best way to get people hooked on science! =)

[@artsed100]

a new idol for me

[@mark-suski]

Great video. Thanks for the post.

[@MJ-mv3we]

Ludovico and his Primavera fits great here.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

Agreed (And the timing of those clips and paragraphs with the music is really well done too) *It has to do with curiosity...* *But it's curiosity as to what we are, where we are...* *And I can't- I have this disease...* *...that they've been able to convince governments and so on to keep supporting them in this investigation that the race is making...*

[@high5en]

Whenever I feel like I'm losing motivation, I come back and watch these videos. Motivation to learn about life; restored.

[@rafidhoda]

My favorite KZbin video ever

[@lysetteojeda3262]

This video not only explains but explores the differences between any explanation or summary for curiosity, how it can used in a good and in a bad way. The different in growth of a species.

[@osfan25]

We need part 4. These videos are so inspirational.

[@toritorres2692]

It is so interesting the way everything is connected.

[@DreamlessMemory]

This is your best one yet. The music really makes it great. I never expected a Feynman series, nor did I know so much about him other than his name, but his words, perhaps less eloquent in tone than Sagan, are just as poignant.

[@tahiniii]

RIP - what an inspiration and gift to mankind

[@saranabburu9022]

This video is amazing, as it displays just how curious a person can be and how fields such as physics can provide the truth about man's greatest wonders.

[@phil2856]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting.

[@civerooni]

These videos are amazing, I need more... MORE!

[@andresmdn22]

I will come back to this video Whenever in my studies I find a concept enormously complicated to understand, and I become frustrated, this will be my inspiration to push onward

[@RuiAlbuquerque1]

This man is the reason i became a physicist. I read is books, and it hit me every time. deep down. That curiosity that overcomes you, that awe we get from the amazement and complicated simplicity in nature. The excitement of learning something new, of knowing how everything works and is interconnected. That's why physics is the pinnacle of human evolution, Physics is the explanation of the world. how it all works. so thank you mister feyneman for making me realise how much i love the universe.

[@SilverCuckoo]

I get goosebumps every time I watch this. Astonishing.

[@oisiaa]

That was amazing! This was more powerful to me than the Sagan Series. Keep it up!

[@sumitsarpal4130]

gives me chills everytime i watch it

[@beriukay]

Watched three times. Will likely watch again.

[@raheelak29]

I have come to understand a lot in the past few years, whether its physics, chemistry or biology, and all the various fields that emerge from this. However i can't understand how people could dislike a video like this? It's not insulting anyone, it's simply an honest man confessing his wonderful curiosity. What could you possibly dislike? ... i can't understand.

[@aker159]

It's just so awesome tha this guys point of view can affect almost every aspect of life and not just physics and mathematics.

[@DragonsAndTitties]

soooo this is a masterpiece....

[@Sm00th727]

I am proud of those of you have contributed to science by simply being curious. While so many see a decline in the fabrications of our society, I see hope on the horizon everyday of beautiful minds arising in a new era to discover the workings of the universe. While many of us watch these videos and say our generation is doomed since we have lost these great minds I say that's a challenge for us to become those great minds and as long as we're persistent we can achieve that goal. Thank you

[@luncheonroll]

Please subtitle this. I really love the first two parts but am hearing-impaired and hate to miss out on this series. Excellent work, Richard Feynman enthrals me.

[@ndmath]

Finished my degree in electrical engineering and computer science. And this is now inspiring me to look for new, greater challenges.

[@seblingtonw]

Great video for a great man, thanks a lot for the upload my friend.

[@JawzPause]

Don't give up! I have spent the last 2 years slowly gaining their interests in astronomy & science in general. It does take time but I can definitely see they are starting to appreciate that science isn't just another subject like Law or Business which only relate to humans, science relates to everything and everyone should have a basic understanding of it.

[@JawzPause]

I think these are the exact stages that I went through, it's good to have empathy. I think the statement "ignorance is bliss" applies here, as I've become ever more depressed and at the same time more curious with each new piece of knowledge that I learn. However I will not give up in spreading knowledge, and I wish you the best of look in your future endeavours.

[@ukaszsurzycki845]

thank You Dick and all that share ....

[@jhochadel1]

Everything about these videos gets me. The music. The calming visuals in some, the clever, relevant visuals in others (like the royal wedding when discussing honors). Feynman himself speaking, or Sagan in the main series. They're wonderful. You know how the U.S. government spends money on anti-drug ads and that sort of thing? Not to put that down... but they should spend some money airing these. These inspire.

[@BrotherBloat]

very good montage to a great speech. nice one!

[@EarlSmithie]

Subtitles please! This is simply great, keep doing it.

[@osfan25]

This series is awesome.

[@Leafkisser06]

i love this... dont know why it just made me feel... at peace

[@dikojak]

Thank you!

[@MarxismLilyism]

Best video on youtube in my opinion.

[@jhomie1]

Beautiful.

[@ardavalilable]

Very influential, and inspiring.

[@MrShneeble]

Always get shivers starting from 2:12

[@QuaeriteVeritatem]

Amazing. Made my blog in an instant. As Albert Einstein once said, it is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Thank you.

[@melkor180]

this is why i watch the playlist :)