Richard Feynman References

This cluster consists of comments citing Richard Feynman's books, videos, lectures, and anecdotes to support, counter, or relate to points in the parent discussion, often on topics like learning, understanding, and scientific curiosity.

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Sample Comments

Animats Jun 25, 2023 View on HN

Read what Feynman had to say about that, in "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman."

wmblaettler Nov 2, 2017 View on HN

Richard Feynman on this very subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifk6iuLQk28

willis936 Apr 4, 2022 View on HN

Richard Feynman might disagree.https://youtu.be/IIDLcaQVMqw

arto Jun 15, 2017 View on HN

Counterpoint from Feynman himself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0r930Sn_8

bradleyankrom Jan 16, 2021 View on HN

Do you happen to have a link to Feynman’s comments on the topic?

TimTheTinker Jul 8, 2025 View on HN

Sounds like an LLM's impression of Feynman.

podviaznikov Dec 3, 2022 View on HN

relevant blog post from a friend of mine https://gigi.montaigne.io/why-do-i-like-feynman

agonz253 Jul 2, 2023 View on HN

Feynman’s perspective on this: https://youtu.be/tWr39Q9vBgo

emrah Apr 26, 2021 View on HN

This from Feynman might help: https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/kilcup.1/262/feynman.html

eevilspock Nov 30, 2015 View on HN

Apparently Feynman is pretty "childish" too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10650175