THE FEYNMAN SERIES - Curiosity 

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?

@@Elrond_Hubbard_1 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.

@@Elrond_Hubbard_1 man you're still young af go get that degree!

It worked for me too

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

+Jayme501 Congratulations!

Don't stop asking questions brotha. :)

Why did you quit?

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.

That's awesome :)

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

Antti Lehto TUVA ! !

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

A century of Feynman, sounds nice

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.

lol very good

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

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"

Hahaha, fuck modeling, its pain in the ass.

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

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

In 2024 still😌

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

Nature is apathetic to how we use it.

hello can u give us an update?

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.

ain't that the truth jordy.

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 :)

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

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.

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

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...*

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.

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.

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. 😊

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.

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.