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What Problems to Solve (1966)

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460 points jxmorris12 | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 17:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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sky2224 ◴[25 Jun 25 20:58 UTC] No.44381758[source]▶
Man while Feynman was a genius, I think it's underappreciated just how articulate and philosophical he was. I've always loved reading his work because he just knew how to say things the right way.

This letter really allows that side of him to shine through.

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1. m463 ◴[25 Jun 25 21:15 UTC] No.44381906[source]▶
He could would shrink the complex into something that could fit in even my head.

I like this one:

This particle is a perfect ball bearing that can move at a single speed in one of six directions.

from "Feynman the Explainer" in:

https://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machin...

also:

"Don't say `reflected acoustic wave.' Say [echo]." Or, "Forget all that `local minima' stuff. Just say there's a bubble caught in the crystal and you have to shake it out." Nothing made him angrier than making something simple sound complicated.