Richard Feynman - The World from another point of view

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  • The famous American physicist Richard Feynman used to take holidays in England. His third wife, Gweneth Howarth, was a native of West Yorkshire, so every year the Feynman family would visit her hometown of Ripponden or the nearby hamlet of Mill Bank.
    In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The resulting film, Take the World From Another Point of View, was broadcast in America as part of the PBS Nova series. The documentary features a fascinating interview, but what sets it apart from other films on Feynman is the inclusion of a lively conversation he had with the eminent British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle.
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  • @kigtod
    @kigtod Před 7 lety +1459

    I loved the "I take it all back" moment (31:55) where Feynman realised that, having initially thought he could only have deep discussions with other scientists, he was wrong. Evidence popped into his mind that he had had good discussions with a historian and others so he quickly reformulated the theory to base it on the type of individual, not their profession. Now what he was saying fitted the evidence and he was happy to change his mind - that's a true scientist.

    • @ralphbougher62
      @ralphbougher62 Před 7 lety +64

      aka - Never stop learning... especially from your own mistakes.

    • @redshiftexperiment
      @redshiftexperiment Před 7 lety +33

      kigtod also, how many of our leaders would be willing to admit they were wrong and say "i take it all back" if they knew that it was in the best interest of our society? scary thing is most of those in power would be to afraid to admit. which is kind of scary when you think about how easy it is to be wrong even if you are a genius.

    • @chetmorrison7542
      @chetmorrison7542 Před 7 lety +18

      And a gentleman. What I think really is true is this: Feynman is a brilliantly minded person...who needs another brilliantly minded person to have a meaningful conversation with. Most conversations with us ordinary people, however, concern the trivial and the here and now. No boundary pushing, no deep questions, no striving for overarching explanations. Further, many artists are perfectly good at their craft, but fall into that category as well, which a person like Feynman is not and never will be really interested in. And who can blame him?

    • @davidgee3665
      @davidgee3665 Před 7 lety +3

      A greater trait is to be "forgetful" of any negativity that could cause harm....but then u need a shrink.

    • @PIcoAirBearings
      @PIcoAirBearings Před 7 lety

      Richard L

  • @aapex1
    @aapex1 Před 9 měsíci +60

    And it all started with his father who showed him HOW to think not WHAT to think. Great job Mr Feynman! And thank you.

  • @charles-mr4oz
    @charles-mr4oz Před 7 lety +900

    We can't all have his intelligence but if a few more of us adopted his attitude the world would be a better place

    • @PraneshPyaraShrestha
      @PraneshPyaraShrestha Před 5 lety +5

      True

    • @zuzapinder5256
      @zuzapinder5256 Před 5 lety +10

      Actually he had about 125 IQ points

    • @lits0_042
      @lits0_042 Před 5 lety +9

      That's intelligence in itself

    • @fin610
      @fin610 Před 5 lety +28

      IQ system is rigged and stupid

    • @jamiboothe
      @jamiboothe Před 4 lety +14

      The attitude of learning is to understand that everything you know might be wrong. This breeds fascination, and fascination is the basis of understanding.

  • @julieann4762
    @julieann4762 Před 8 měsíci +43

    I see no comments about his accent. He has the most incredible New York accent. It's so stunning to hear those thoughts spoken in such a heavy accent, a type of accent you rarely hear today. My mother's cousins and uncles all talked like him, he is so much of a time and place. New York produced all sorts of brilliant thinkers back then, many the children of immigrants.

    • @BluesBoy-ij2rb
      @BluesBoy-ij2rb Před 4 měsíci +1

      I always said he sounds like Ed Norton from the Honeymooner's...lol ...... Erik

    • @akf2000
      @akf2000 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Haha yes that came as a total shock to me, he sounds like a wise guy

    • @julieann4762
      @julieann4762 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@akf2000 in my opinion, wise guys talk differently. They're a little rougher, with a different accent. This is distinctly Jewish new York from Brooklyn or Queens. 😀

    • @TheVaga9
      @TheVaga9 Před 2 měsíci

      New York has changed!!

    • @DemandAlphabetBeBrokenUp
      @DemandAlphabetBeBrokenUp Před 6 dny

      I have listened to this interview SO many times. Accents are super cool too BTW. I am kinda happy that it bothers people.... Like a well placed F Bomb lol They are just noises we make with our face hole. People should relax

  • @grahamblack1961
    @grahamblack1961 Před 11 měsíci +211

    I think what fascinates people about Feynman isn't just how smart he was, there have been plenty people as smart of Feynman, smarter even. What's so interesting about him is that he seems to be more alive than other people, he's so awake and fully engaged in everything around him. He's so interested in everything and everyone. You see when he talks to someone all his focus is on that person and what they're saying.

    • @soulriser44
      @soulriser44 Před 8 měsíci +10

      While that all seems largely true, he seems to take a lot of the oxygen out of the room, dominating the conversation rather than inquiring and allowing space for others to share their thoughts, feelings, experiences. Overall he's a bit self indulgent, spilling his fascinated mind over everything and rarely letting others in.

    • @JRain234
      @JRain234 Před 7 měsíci

      This does seem to be true. He's at his best when he's filibustering in front of a room. In this segment I kept wanting to hear what Hoyle had to say and he had a hell of a time getting a word in. I know the piece was about Feynman but still, he does seem to be a bit of a one-sided conversationalist. @@soulriser44

    • @GizzyDillespee
      @GizzyDillespee Před 7 měsíci +4

      He's a charismatic storyteller. That's what fascinates people, and that's been rhe one thing in common, with people of his reputation, for thousands of years.

    • @blackacre5642
      @blackacre5642 Před 5 měsíci

      To be fair my sense is that for most of the people he came across, they were happy to sit there and let him do so. @@soulriser44

    • @DaikiTorusukii
      @DaikiTorusukii Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@soulriser44most people don’t have anything original to say. If he takes up a lot of space, that’s because everyone else creates space so they can hear what he has to say, since it’s actually original.

  • @xstuporman
    @xstuporman Před 7 lety +325

    Why don't we get TV like this anymore? All we get now is which 'celebrity' is best at baking or dancing!

    • @Cooliofamily
      @Cooliofamily Před 6 lety +20

      Hell, even our science programming these days is garbage. Beyond the fact that it's all 4 guys parroting the same thing the other one said before them.

    • @assholejohn
      @assholejohn Před 5 lety

      xstuporman do you really want to know... You already know though but I'll refresh you: back "then" the same people (us humans) complained "why this boring science stuff... Give us Desperate Housewives Of The ATL" or whatever... Media basically gives us what we ask of it.. They want money we want to tell Nae Nae that "she a hoe" but I have to go cause A Very Special Facts Of Life is coming on and Tudy is gonna represent

    • @DeeJay003
      @DeeJay003 Před 5 lety +9

      That's why a large proportion of people don't watch the patronising nonsense that passes for mainstream television anymore.

    • @procactus9109
      @procactus9109 Před 5 lety +15

      There is no need to watch anything selected by anyone except for yourself. If you watch TV then its a very personal problem :P

    • @downunderoioi3421
      @downunderoioi3421 Před 4 lety +2

      @@procactus9109 exactly...... :)

  • @dorisdiarytv316
    @dorisdiarytv316 Před rokem +159

    Who is watching in 2022/2023.
    I so much love the enthusiasm in his explanations even though I got dizzy trying to understand them. He is a real genius.

    • @savage22bolt32
      @savage22bolt32 Před 9 měsíci +5

      2024 here!

    • @CedrickTudge
      @CedrickTudge Před 9 měsíci +5

      I watched this in 1958

    • @gavincutler8889
      @gavincutler8889 Před 9 měsíci +5

      Being Oppenheimer’s understudy, Feynman will get a lot more views now the movie is out - and deservedly so. Feynman’s physics textbooks were brilliant

    • @pompeymonkey3271
      @pompeymonkey3271 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Carl Sagan sent me here :)

    • @simoneneveragain2939
      @simoneneveragain2939 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I’m only discovering him now and his incredible intelligence. I’m at the stage in my life where I’m seeking out critical thinking and deeply appreciating some courageous people who were born curious and were not afraid to challenge and question everything BUT humble enough to listen and evolve in the presence of evidence. I’ll only say I was captive the great majority of my life in a high control religious faith. It’s still sometimes uncomfortable for me to accept reason but I’m growing!

  • @geraldellis1177
    @geraldellis1177 Před 7 lety +75

    you see true enthusiasm in is eyes.It truly is contagious

  • @mattmarkus4868
    @mattmarkus4868 Před 9 měsíci +22

    Lots of complimentary comments on Feyman here, all deserved, but I just want to give some love to his father. What a terrific dad to stir and encourage so much curiosity in raising his son.

  • @sidstovell2177
    @sidstovell2177 Před 9 měsíci +8

    When did I first see Richard Feynman? The '60's? PBS? Love at first sentence. And here, in 2023, being able to enjoy a talk of his again. He died way too soon but his knowledge lives on through this medium.

  • @ineedmyhat
    @ineedmyhat Před 3 dny +2

    My brother passed away and he enjoyed listening to Feynman and Sagan, so hearing either of them speak is like going back a few years and sitting with my brother. Wherever the dead go, hes with great people.

  • @DeltaRana4
    @DeltaRana4 Před 9 měsíci +18

    The great thing about Richard Feynman was his ability to obliquely make an observation and with an inquiring mind methodically assess its behaviour but without preconceived ideas. He was conscious of the fact that we must keep an open mind and that our current understanding of the problem at hand could only ever be our "best guess" until such time it is proved otherwise. Historians take note.

  • @dianeaustin2414
    @dianeaustin2414 Před 8 lety +71

    my god......thank you for loading this gem...

  • @machobunny1
    @machobunny1 Před 9 měsíci +34

    This makes me feel very good. I have never cared about the names of anything, from people to abstractions. I always cared about how the things worked, what they did, what they stood for. I am absolutely not comparing myself to Feynman, but it is grand to finally feel like it's ok to never be able to remember the name of anything.

    • @gregs5154
      @gregs5154 Před 8 měsíci +1

      There's nothing wrong with you. Don't let anyone say any different.

    • @martinandrews2700
      @martinandrews2700 Před 7 měsíci

      I agree. I have a dislike for jargon in particular and people who use it to make themselves seem intelligent or important. Jargon is just a lot of names. If you want to understand something, describe it, don't name it.

    • @frankdiluzio8690
      @frankdiluzio8690 Před 4 měsíci

      Didn't he say that knowing the name could be useful? I also saw it your way at first but I don't think think it's right to use him as proof for my inability to know how things are named . In fact, I must know how things are named because, when I don't, the people I converse with feel superior to me until I am able to prove myself. I can avoid that. So for the last 10 years, I've make sure I know what it's called.

  • @sunnysood8702
    @sunnysood8702 Před 8 lety +315

    What a man! More people should watch this.

    • @MurrLin
      @MurrLin Před 8 lety +3

      No, more people should have watched this long ago. Too late now.

    • @mrtpsoroush
      @mrtpsoroush  Před 8 lety +12

      +TheiMrBeast Why is it too late now ?

    • @MurrLin
      @MurrLin Před 8 lety

      +mrtp this was not the original upload, the time value of the video was lost.

    • @gumunduringigumundsson9344
      @gumunduringigumundsson9344 Před 8 lety +8

      +TheiMrBeast Hey. I´m 33 years old now, suits me fine to see it late as it is ;)

    • @billcarr6392
      @billcarr6392 Před 8 lety +4

      +sunny sood Basically question everything.

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic Před 4 lety +191

    Feynman is an endlessly fascinating human being. Everything he says is extraordinary. I've never heard him say anything boring or even ordinary.

    • @infectedrainbow
      @infectedrainbow Před 9 měsíci

      This entire sequence was boring.

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic Před 9 měsíci +22

      @@infectedrainbow Look at it from a new point of view.

    • @La-ld9mn
      @La-ld9mn Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@infectedrainbow look at what space you are trying to act superior within. ha

    • @Jakeybakey3
      @Jakeybakey3 Před 7 měsíci +1

      And yet there’s still people in this world that will label him as being boring and talking about things that don’t matter, people that think all that matters is how to make more money.

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@Jakeybakey3 It's kind of sad. Maybe not that particular thing but I mean, that type of person. A person who isn't interested in the human experience. A waste of a gamete. It's like they're not even really fully people. They're pain and pleasure machines. They don't create or inspire or nurture or at least appreciate. They're just there. The world's full of em.

  • @mpcc2022
    @mpcc2022 Před 6 lety +130

    You are strongly missed Richard Feynman, rest in peace, and I am glad you were once here on this Earth to help guide our understanding the nature of physical reality. We are indebted to you and many more that are apart of that rare class of human who is seldom seen.

  • @ChrisBrengel
    @ChrisBrengel Před 7 lety +26

    "They were wonderful stories, but the truth is so much more remarkable."
    Feynman was just too brilliant

  • @Okok-qk6nb
    @Okok-qk6nb Před 4 lety +60

    Each video footage of Feynman speaking about the laws of nature should be considered international treasure. Its actually a privilege to watch.

    • @davidfischer5859
      @davidfischer5859 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Laws of nature would have to be simple or it wouldn't happen.

  • @hdmc100
    @hdmc100 Před 7 lety +310

    "Names don't constitue knowledge".

    • @hdmc100
      @hdmc100 Před 7 lety +10

      Zamfir Channel
      "ego is a rat 🐀 on the sinking ship of being".

    • @corleonesagolj
      @corleonesagolj Před 7 lety +3

      That is what i realized at prime school when i was 13, and because of it I always had bad grades :D....

    • @erictko85
      @erictko85 Před 4 lety +1

      Lets go on talking about the pecking and the feathers while they talk about names.

    • @ArunShankartheRealOne
      @ArunShankartheRealOne Před 3 lety

      Well except for Scientific Names. And even normal names, in some cases.

    • @smkxodnwbwkdns8369
      @smkxodnwbwkdns8369 Před 2 lety

      That’s not quite true

  • @francoismorin8721
    @francoismorin8721 Před 7 lety +41

    OK! Richard Feynman rediscovered calculus by himself by age 17. He definitively had a gift with maths. But when he talks of is father, you just see how is dad was important in is life. And what a dad he had. Mathematics, he rediscovered them, those maths which are a must by today's standards to invent any theories in science. I understand scientific principles, but I sometimes feel like an illiterate because I hardly ever understood advanced maths, well not the way it was taught to me. I did calculus 1 in CEGEP (it is between High School and University in Quebec Province's educational system in Canada) even though I was in human science, I took the math option. It is then I found out what all those complicated maths can describe. I struggled with maths, even I ended up doing well, because I simply repeated equations and steps without seeing the meaning of those equations. This is why I feel illiterate when I witness people like Feynman or any mathematician that know exactly what each variable mean. I probably would do better if I would go back to school toda, because I would ask more questions. This shows how our educational system just teaches us like stupid parrots the language of mathematics.

    • @antoniolima1068
      @antoniolima1068 Před 7 lety +2

      François Morin 3Blue1Brown, chanel in CZcams, check it.

    • @francoismorin8721
      @francoismorin8721 Před 7 lety +2

      Cool. Thanks!

    • @jimihendrixx11
      @jimihendrixx11 Před 5 lety +2

      I think his visual thinking helped a lot

    • @mikeyteee95
      @mikeyteee95 Před 5 lety +3

      He said operational calculus, not general calculus... That would be next-level

  • @chrisbardolph264
    @chrisbardolph264 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I like how much Feynman smiles while talking, almost to the point of cracking himself up, just because of how interesting he finds the subjects.

  • @willyp3036
    @willyp3036 Před 7 měsíci +6

    for such a good speaker fascinating that he was a late talker and didn't speak until he was 3yrs old...... also sad that his final words were "I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring"....what a star of a man though...thanks for posting!

  • @HairyPotter2006
    @HairyPotter2006 Před 5 lety +28

    The delight Feynman gets from it is amazing. The world lost a huge man, and amazing mind and a brilliant scientist

  • @mvkpro5785
    @mvkpro5785 Před rokem +13

    To me Feynman always seems to see life and the universe to be infinitely interesting, amazing and a inside joke for those who look deeply enough.

  • @chany16888
    @chany16888 Před 9 měsíci +30

    I found Feynman's conversations and intellectual discussions with various people fascinating. However, one thing that personally fascinates me is the fact that during the time of the interview, film was the only media used. It must have required a significant amount of planning and effort from the producer, filmmaker, and interviewer to capture the excitement and intellectual inquiry that occurred. I believe that our current cultural and intellectual decline stands in sharp contrast to the media's capacity and willingness to discover truth instead of solely focusing on instant gratification and commercialization for profit motives..

    • @aaronlopez717
      @aaronlopez717 Před 8 měsíci +1

      . . .Richard Feynman used to take holidays in England ! i saw a few videos in this subject from this period of time ! amuse to heard them 1973 's /now 2023 year a big motives ..

    • @lucasamtab
      @lucasamtab Před 8 měsíci +1

      agree. That's why I like much more older documentaries. I can feel genuinity

    • @skepticalgenious
      @skepticalgenious Před 5 měsíci

      My best understanding when trying to think for myself about this issue in society (globally). Is actually simple. It's sensationalism.
      No one wants to listen to a story @chany16888 went to work and had a basic day.... Boring. That's the news update for today.
      No rather the median/average human wants something exhilarating. Even if it's terrible or animalistic human behavior.
      So the sensational stories rise to the top. Hedonist thoughts sell much better.
      It is a fascinating complex thing to think about.

  • @R_Euphrates
    @R_Euphrates Před 9 měsíci +8

    His joy around 8:15 when talking about how something new and interesting is just around the corner ❤

  • @madfoxcityemnau6414
    @madfoxcityemnau6414 Před 9 měsíci +11

    The fact that he had 3 wives is fascinating to me. What hell they went through living with a genius on the day to day when the man is clearly, always, non-stop struggling slogging to know everything at every moment. The level of energy a wife would need to keep up is incalculable. I wonder if he ever felt contempt for evryday concerns and people so able to accept things at face value. It would be lovely to see a film about his personal life and how he got on with non-seekers, if you will. Surely it can't have been easy for him, living inside of his own mind. ❤this thank you for posting.

    • @Silly.Old.Sisyphus
      @Silly.Old.Sisyphus Před 8 měsíci +2

      i don't know about his marital life, but he connected very well with non-scientists and used to visit strip clubs regularly to chat to the girls, so i imagine his wives were more tired from their duets than from trying to keep up with his scientific curiosity

    • @sparqqling
      @sparqqling Před 8 měsíci +8

      He married his first love knowing she had an incurable disease which she would die off, that says a lot about someone!

  • @mobiustrip1400
    @mobiustrip1400 Před 8 lety +35

    A golden oldie! Feynman so charming, witty and mentally always so far ahead of the rest of us. Even in 2016, he's still in the stratosphere while we crawl on the face of the planet.

    • @user-vl4vo2vz4f
      @user-vl4vo2vz4f Před 2 lety +2

      2022 here. He is still on the stratosphere…

    • @jameshayden3952
      @jameshayden3952 Před 9 měsíci

      Stand Up

    • @Silly.Old.Sisyphus
      @Silly.Old.Sisyphus Před 8 měsíci +2

      speak for yourself.... in 2023, i'm still crawling underneath, still trying to figure out which way is up

  • @solmyr2
    @solmyr2 Před 4 lety +19

    I could listen this man for hours, days and not get bored.

  • @tjdoss
    @tjdoss Před 7 lety +42

    Feynman spoke beautifully about arriving at his understanding of Helium and how he tried to recreate it for future problems and failed. This reminded me of another speech, from an artist who mentioned, that poets have such feeling, where verses flow almost from nowhere and they are so inspired at that point in time; where nature pushes out a masterpiece and let's them express it. I wonder, if great minds are incubators for those moments of magic that let's consciousness channel world class thoughts via them? So there seems to be no rules to victory, but a mere expectation-less pursuit.

  • @HomeAtLast501
    @HomeAtLast501 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I love the 1970s. I would have been about 7 when this was recorded. What a great decade.

  • @Apistevist
    @Apistevist Před 9 měsíci +14

    One of the greatest minds to surely ever live, we're lucky he was so outgoing and capable of articulating so simply in such a grounded way.

  • @adizmal
    @adizmal Před 7 lety +79

    22:28 "Nature is no doubt simpler than all our thoughts about it now... and the question is, what way do we have to think about it so that we understand its simplicity."

    • @TheGranti7a
      @TheGranti7a Před 7 lety

      @Neo Survivor What you are circling, but making a double negative in the effort... it's called being consciously present. There is no problem trying to say what phenomena is being noticed, in whatever language to which we gravitate to best express our view/perspective/experiences.

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 Před 7 lety +3

      This guy is like a zen scientist. The answer is hinted at in the question. We need to "become" a simple naked awareness to understand it's profound simplicity-That Art Thou(one must become it to understand it, but it will be a different type of understanding-silent, complete and perfect in itself) it is the alignment of awareness and object-becoming one thing- with no analytical thought involved.

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 Před 7 lety +1

      Agreed. The universe is perfection and requires no human verification. Seems the entire history of human scientific thought is the movement from the simple to the complex and then back to the simple but with a transcendent quality embodied. god i wish i could explain myself better-words are so inadequate!

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 Před 7 lety

      poor u.

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 Před 7 lety +2

      Agreed, and nature has NEVER benefited from our answers and actions-it always suffers. We cannot improve on nature/ perfection, all history can attest to that. The animals have it figured out without having to figure/think-humans "think" and have a concept of self which is confused/complicated/contradictory and separates one from the immediate moment/environment.

  • @pierrecolin7856
    @pierrecolin7856 Před 5 lety +11

    i'm amazed by both how Feynmann understood physics, and his talent for communicating it

    • @pierrecolin7856
      @pierrecolin7856 Před 5 lety +2

      he has better talent for communiation than many enginneers politician and actors

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33
    @VeganSemihCyprus33 Před 8 lety +302

    I bet Richard Feynman could make %99 of people understand complex stuff, he tells it as such a story that I like to listen and dream like a tale :) We need more people like him.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Před 8 lety +20

      +semih oguzcan This story telling is what is missing in today's proper education.

    • @seandafny
      @seandafny Před 7 lety +4

      He could if they would just listen. If only

    • @fergoesdayton
      @fergoesdayton Před 7 lety +5

      Not going to get it. There was once a lot of people like Feynman; empirical geniuses, but modern (Western) society has such a huge emphasis on analysis, that geniuses like Feynman are practically extinct. The only hint of these types of minds that, is the still rare types of which emerge between late adolescents and the Early to mid-20s. You see them sometimes.. The type that score 30% on their SAT, but still maintains a 4.0 in late college as STEM majors. It's really amazing that such a mind like Feynman could exist up to a couple decades ago.

    • @bdcochran01
      @bdcochran01 Před 7 lety +21

      Probably so. I like the curiosity. So, at age 70, I am studying Feynman's lectures and taking French in college at night. As Mark Twain once said, "I've never let schooling interfere with my education."

    • @jimihendrixx11
      @jimihendrixx11 Před 4 lety

      Man its amazing how he makes it so simple.

  • @joncr1
    @joncr1 Před 5 lety +35

    What a legend. So self-depricating and I'm told one of the most engaging lecturers in the physics world.

    • @infectedrainbow
      @infectedrainbow Před 9 měsíci

      You're told? So you run around telling people how good it was without bothering to watch one yourself?

    • @victorhansson3410
      @victorhansson3410 Před 9 měsíci

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@infectedrainbowyou mean you can watch a few lectures on CZcams and declare someone one of the most engaging lecturers in physics? Hey, I saw a video of the north Korean army training in winter without clothes on, they must be the strongest army in the world. Get your head out of your ass.

  • @JoshFlorii
    @JoshFlorii Před rokem +5

    "He's up against mysteries all the way around the edge... and awe" ... Gives me chills

  • @prabhanjanask3698
    @prabhanjanask3698 Před 3 lety +9

    Prof. Feynman is such a wonderful delight to watch. His enthusiasm the way he bounces up and down his chair while giving his world view is like that of a kid who sees a candy!

  • @myroseaccount
    @myroseaccount Před 7 lety +11

    The amazing thing is that commercial TV once you to make programmes like this....

    • @kwacker45
      @kwacker45 Před 6 lety

      myroseaccount so true now we have ant and dec

  • @ericmelto7810
    @ericmelto7810 Před 2 lety +9

    When you learn everything that you can learn and there is no more to learn then you’re up against the wall of mysteries and that is awesome I love that quote

    • @wadecodez
      @wadecodez Před rokem

      It really is a true sensation. It feels like there is a void which your thoughts cannot cross. Like the laws of the universe have not yet been invented for that thought therefore you are cannot think about it. Terrifying but oddly inspiring.

  • @MatthewReiser123
    @MatthewReiser123 Před rokem +4

    Kudos to the videographer Graham Barker, for capturing video of the spontaneous, magical conversations.

  • @Therealmikeparkerjnr
    @Therealmikeparkerjnr Před 21 dnem +1

    Is it just me, or does anyone here think the highest intellingence of how feymen speaks is without big words that most today wouldn't understand but how he in its simplest form explains complexity for all to understand.

  • @ashishkovuri3572
    @ashishkovuri3572 Před 5 lety +26

    Feynmam learned about the world just for the fun of it. He understood the concept of absurdism. How absurd it is for us as human beings with no inherent purpose to study about the universe. His curiosity to know more things is infective. I have changed alot as a person when i got to know this man. " If you just know the names of the terms you absolutely know nothing and nothing about it." This is wonderful

  • @MrDixonBHS
    @MrDixonBHS Před 7 lety +12

    I am lucky enough to have met some great scientists, some Nobel prizewinners, and even Fred Hoyle who appears above, but I would have loved to have met Feynman, who was not only one of the greatest scientists of all time, but, in my opinion, the greatest scientific educator.

    • @lucilla888
      @lucilla888 Před rokem

      if i could meet one person ever it would definitely be him and i’m not even someone with much scientific knowledge. Although i would probably bore him not much for me to say lol

  • @Pedro-ox4zp
    @Pedro-ox4zp Před 4 lety +9

    I think that of all people working in all professions, scientists and researchers in general are those who resamble kids the most, in the enthusiasm and delight they share when thinking deeply about whatever it might be. It truly inspires me to keep going at uni, to grow and be like them.

    • @lucilla888
      @lucilla888 Před rokem

      same i have always loved science but thought i didn’t think i wanted to dedicate that much time to uni and study, but now i think its worth it to get a better understanding on whatever it may be.

  • @Monkeybrain3721
    @Monkeybrain3721 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Delightful that this “interview” was really just letting these giants talk about what excites them and the enthusiasm just shines through.

  • @sidthetech7623
    @sidthetech7623 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I was listening to this in the shower,the interview and flow of a genius at work and I was harmonizing so well on the brink of new discovery in thought while suddenly... CZcams ad,
    Total buzz kill.
    Who knows what new progress that just killed. 😢

  • @johntunnicliff3670
    @johntunnicliff3670 Před 7 lety +3

    Oh what a find. Pure joy.

  • @antonioduca9043
    @antonioduca9043 Před 4 lety +13

    That conversation they were having at the end on that walk... and the final two quotes that closed the episode... gave me chills.

  • @user-lz6dm5lk9y
    @user-lz6dm5lk9y Před 8 měsíci +2

    What a lovely and genuine man was Richard. If there is life after this life, then I know he is enthralled now. R.I.P., dear Richard.

  • @crazyprayingmantis5596
    @crazyprayingmantis5596 Před 7 lety +1

    Could listen to him all day.

  • @GTR1294
    @GTR1294 Před 6 lety +4

    If I could only spend one whole day with Feynman to answer any questions I have.

  • @SteveGouldinSpain
    @SteveGouldinSpain Před 7 lety +148

    What a delightful insight in to the minds of such extraordinary thinkers! Everyone interested in science should watch this!

  • @danielleonard390
    @danielleonard390 Před 4 lety +1

    Always find myself coming back to this fantastic video about a fantastic man.

  • @sanjeetsinghk
    @sanjeetsinghk Před 7 lety

    his excitement and curiosity is out of this world!

  • @gangoffour6690
    @gangoffour6690 Před 5 lety +12

    Damn I love this man. His real gift was helping us dummies understand complex ideas.

    • @lucilla888
      @lucilla888 Před rokem

      hahah yeah

    • @kennethward9530
      @kennethward9530 Před 9 měsíci +1

      The biggest lesson I learned in engineering school some 40 years ago is that the smartest person in the room is the person who can explain complicated concepts in simple, understandable words. Feynman certainly meets that definition.

  • @tforsell
    @tforsell Před 5 lety +3

    Gosh! This just made my whole year!! ...the pub table talk with Fred... and the rest... Thank you for letting me experience this!!

  • @simongodec1745
    @simongodec1745 Před 4 lety +1

    I could listen to him all day long... just beautifull

  • @JayPatel12928
    @JayPatel12928 Před 2 lety +2

    This man is so special. Everytime I listen to him speak, I just keep nodding in affirmation. ❤️

  • @PRANAV4877
    @PRANAV4877 Před 9 měsíci +3

    32:47 Goosebumps, oozing inspiration and passion, that gruff edge that his voice attains in an excitement, that's the pinnacle of curiosity!!

  • @mystrdat
    @mystrdat Před 6 měsíci +7

    Hearing Feynman speak and explain the world is one of the most extraordinary fortunes you can experience in life

  • @gregregalado4297
    @gregregalado4297 Před 4 lety +1

    I love the way "Living in the Past" is used for the short introduction. Good song for a great interview!

  • @jimihendrixx11
    @jimihendrixx11 Před 4 lety

    Amazing how simply he explains thing. Genius.

  • @rodrigor.1133
    @rodrigor.1133 Před 7 lety +3

    What a motivating person!

  • @procrastinateurreformateur5968

    Simplicity is the key to Brilliance.

  • @ianbanks2844
    @ianbanks2844 Před 9 měsíci +2

    How wonderful television could be sometimes in the past .

  • @CraigMansfield
    @CraigMansfield Před 6 lety

    What a gem.
    Thanks for this.

  • @boddahboy
    @boddahboy Před 7 lety +55

    33:53 Quiet, Mr. Feynman is talking.

    • @jojojorisjhjosef
      @jojojorisjhjosef Před 7 lety +1

      Great communicator, public communicator.

    • @falcodarkzz
      @falcodarkzz Před 6 lety +3

      Lol I feel like Hoyle is the kind of guy Feynman would lock up in the cupboard

  • @saksham21990
    @saksham21990 Před 4 lety +4

    Please upload more videos of him. He was legendary.

  • @quadbravo
    @quadbravo Před 7 lety +2

    I'm stunned by so little views. I would have thought in the millions. Thank you for posting.

  • @0ptimal
    @0ptimal Před rokem +2

    His comment about looking at something from different perspectives to find something new, is gold. I think it's one reason what he was so brilliant, and something I try to emulate myself. But to think, how many more plentiful and fruitful perspectives he could muster in his brilliant mind compared to mine. Using his vast understanding to see new and profound things in the ordinary.

  • @schmoab
    @schmoab Před 6 lety +3

    A lifetime of learning. The best way to experience our world.

  • @Stevarino1020
    @Stevarino1020 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Feynman had a love affair with logic .Everything else was just gravy.As a physician I always encouraged the Residents I taught to think logically and creatively
    and not be afraid to consider new ways of approaching diagnosis . As a fellow graduate of MIT that type of thinking was emphasized there. I used it in the practice of medicine with great effect. I have been listening to his lectures and his grasp of the whole gestalt of physics and the math and history associated with it is unrivaled.
    Richard had an unending curiosity about things. Learning was his major source of continuity and it showed in everything he did. Remarkable man.

    • @leafyleafyleaf
      @leafyleafyleaf Před 7 měsíci

      And thank you for your contributions to the practice of medicine!

  • @benschmidt3967
    @benschmidt3967 Před 7 lety

    his proton explanation is one of the best I've seen.

  • @rorygilmoreNZ
    @rorygilmoreNZ Před 8 lety +1

    What fantastic man to listen to!

  • @VictorFang
    @VictorFang Před 4 lety +3

    Richard Feynman is truly legendary

  • @kylefenrick9168
    @kylefenrick9168 Před 9 měsíci +4

    This is inspiring.
    The enthusiasm is captivating and infectious

  • @user-yu9lr7wb6z
    @user-yu9lr7wb6z Před 3 měsíci +1

    Feynman wrote several very amusing books about his experiences at Los Alamos, among others, which were so good I read them all straight through, one which was titled "What do You Care what Other People Think?" His Lectures on Physics was more serious and extremely useful for understanding quantum mechanics, or at least thinking that you do until you actually had to use it.

  • @billgatesleavingyamomshous8177

    This man is beyond brilliant. Fascinating!!!

  • @RogerSullivanNOLA
    @RogerSullivanNOLA Před 7 lety +87

    Anyone who isn't familiar with Feynman is intellectually impoverished for it. I love this old documentary....I can watch it over and over. He's one of the few people who had a similar gift to Sagan for sharing the sense of wonder of science, while also having the gift of Einstein for adding to the scientific lexicon. A truly remarkable human being.

    • @OscarZoroaster
      @OscarZoroaster Před 7 lety +1

      "Anyone who isn't familiar with Feynman is intellectually impoverished for it"
      dumb ass......so like at least 50 -70% of the human race.... yeah ?...........hows about stepping down off of that White high horse........why go there ? fuck....... what a small minded, idiotic comment to make.
      why try insult peoples intelligence like that....you self gratifying, sanctimonious prick.
      have a great fricking day......

    • @RogerSullivanNOLA
      @RogerSullivanNOLA Před 7 lety +4

      ***** "so like at least 50 -70% of the human race.... yeah ?" At least. Do you think they're better off intellectually for not knowing about Feynman? How am I wrong exactly, other than you thinking I've "insulted their intelligence?" (BTW, that's not what it means to insult someone's intelligence, you might want to look that phrase up before using it in the future).

    • @OscarZoroaster
      @OscarZoroaster Před 7 lety

      What ?

    • @RogerSullivanNOLA
      @RogerSullivanNOLA Před 7 lety +2

      ***** Learn to read and write English, unless it's not your first language, and then maybe we can communicate and understand each other. Otherwise, kindly fuck off, moron.

    • @OscarZoroaster
      @OscarZoroaster Před 7 lety

      there, right there, you done it again.....nice....subtle...damn, your good.

  • @MrIcehole
    @MrIcehole Před 7 lety +14

    I admire & love Feynman's passion towards physics and just learning from others that have gone as far as they could possibly go in their professional field. (As he pointed out at 32:38) He's also very enjoyable to watch, which to me, it seems kind of rare especially when it comes to physics. You can tell how he just enjoys learning and explaining what he's thinking. From what I have seen in other interviews, I think he is one of the smartest human beings that have ever walked on the face of the earth.

  • @bn6239
    @bn6239 Před měsícem +1

    The atoms and electrons and quarks in Richard’s brain were so lucky and blessed to have enjoyed his thoughts from within !!

  • @ThePapasmurf1946
    @ThePapasmurf1946 Před 6 lety

    "The Joy of Finding Things Out". Note that his relaxed face is a joyful grin. I agree.

  • @guruprasadpk8709
    @guruprasadpk8709 Před 5 lety +3

    Sir you are GREATEST genius of all time...

  • @andreaegea72
    @andreaegea72 Před 6 lety +3

    I really love Mr. Feynman 💕

  • @BoykieMackay
    @BoykieMackay Před 5 lety +2

    A really delightful clip!

  • @klam77
    @klam77 Před 7 lety

    Great! It's like talking to a 70s pop music icon/rockstar on one of those old POP music tv shows, complete with velvet jacket. Feynman is one of a kind! Great guy.

  • @theklaus7436
    @theklaus7436 Před 5 lety +4

    What a fantastic man. Wow

  • @pcbacklash_3261
    @pcbacklash_3261 Před 7 lety +3

    A fascinating video -- made even more fascinating by some of the technical explanations offered by Dr. Feynman that are now out of date. Judging from Feynman's age (given at the beginning of the video), this was produced sometime around 1972. A lot of things have changed since then, and I wonder what Richard would think of the advancements since that time (Higgs Boson, gravitational waves, quantum teleportation, etc.)...

  • @jayconne2303
    @jayconne2303 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I just discovered this recording in August 2023. But I have read about him in and read his popular books when in was younger. And I have his three-volume lectures books.
    The key is to be always curious. Never stop asking why.
    And one must know how to identify fallacious assumptions and discard them.

  • @2TheAbbeyClinic
    @2TheAbbeyClinic Před 5 lety +1

    Miss ya, Dr. Feynman.
    One of a kind.
    Thanks.

  • @Majnun74
    @Majnun74 Před 8 lety +23

    Jethro Tull intro music and one of my favorite physicists!

  • @GOLDENoPP7
    @GOLDENoPP7 Před 5 lety +11

    Being a genius
    1. Everyone says your wrong
    2. No one understands why you’re right
    3. Technology is not advanced enough to prove you theory
    4. Even with a perfect explanation, your colleagues can still be dumbfounded, thus not gaining consensus and continuing to be wrong until humanity catches up.

    • @marksevel7696
      @marksevel7696 Před 9 měsíci +1

      5. They don’t even know they’re right

  • @musicmania973
    @musicmania973 Před 6 lety

    this is something dat entirely changes the way to analyze sth deeply yet simply....he teaches a great lesson abt the way to think ..i m gonna apply it now...true inspirational.

  • @moshesabag6004
    @moshesabag6004 Před 7 lety

    Tap,tap,but... what a marvelous man.Thank you Mr. Feynman. (and friends)

  • @Left-Foot-Brake
    @Left-Foot-Brake Před 7 lety +11

    Fantastic! Mr Feynman is an absolute genius and an underrated intellect

    • @georgikorovski9054
      @georgikorovski9054 Před 5 lety +1

      He is in no way underrated by anyone who knows him. I don't know why you think he is underrated.

    • @moshewakatelutiw6233
      @moshewakatelutiw6233 Před 3 měsíci

      He has more accolades than almost anyone that has ever lived.

  • @yared8771
    @yared8771 Před 5 lety +67

    The sexiest corner of CZcams

    • @sid98geek
      @sid98geek Před 3 lety +3

      The part what makes CZcams amazing.

    • @ptrsrrll
      @ptrsrrll Před 3 lety +1

      I first read your comment as - The sexist corner of CZcams -
      and I flinched a bit, because I thought you were calling out the fact that all the interesting people he liked/wanted to meet - were MEN ! And, of course - that is what he said.
      We are NONE of us perfect! ( I am a male age 70 who brushes twice a day)

  • @timgunderson4784
    @timgunderson4784 Před 7 měsíci +2

    What a fascinating man. Such a knowledgeable and likeable guy.

  • @johnlogan6562
    @johnlogan6562 Před 7 lety

    Thanks for Sharing this!