The moment at which he says "I take it all back" is one of the most outstanding intellectual moments I've ever seen. The moment that it dawns on him that he had been getting tunnel vision, he renounces it gladly and with no shame, and articulates a greater truth instead. This is the kind of mind to which we should all aspire... If we as a culture could recant without shame, think how better a society we could make...
4:17 When you've made a claim so convincingly for over four minutes and suddenly stumble upon something different and immediately say, "I take it all back"...that exactly is the point when you convince me the most. Not necessarily about anything you've said; but about your quest for the truth.
I really, really loved that moment also, because the entire time leading up to it, I was finding myself disagreeing with Feynman (not a good feeling lol), thinking "surely this man, who is so open minded, who understands that logic is but a tool and intuition can be just as useful, would be able to have a great interaction with, for example, a serious novelist who has spent their life immersed in literature and various languages and has been thinking about all kinds of things very seriously their entire life, just having taken a different path".... and that at the moment he also had that recognition, there was not the slightest hesitation in discarding his entire preceding argument and starting over... beautiful.
"If you give me the right man, in any field, I can talk to him. I know what the condition is: that he did whatever he did as far as he can go. That he studied every aspect of it as far as - he has stretched himself to the end. He's not a dilettante in any way. So he thought deep, as far as he can go, and therefore he's up against mysteries all the way around the edge. And awe. And we can talk about mystery and awe. That's what we have in common."
Not only did Feynman feel no negativity, bruise or regret when he realized he had to 'take it all back' -- he was elated that he'd found the better answer! THAT'S the true joy of discovery which attracts great scientists. You know, that moment of inspiration when you feel like screaming 'Eureka!' is a very similar pleasure to ... well, you know. And I don't even want a cigarette afterwards.
That eruption from Feynman about how a man has done something as far as he can go is without a doubt the inspiration that I get from Feynman. A man who has dedicated his life to his work. Damn, I'd love to have a beer with him.
4:45 . . the mark of a true scientist. . . When he is wrong, he has no hesitation or shame in saying. . "No. . I was wrong. . I take it all back. . I was wrong". . A GOOD scientist can recognise when he is wrong, and move on with that new understanding. If you refuse to see when you are wrong, then you are not a good scientist.
@@S.... well, this behaviour didn't show Richard Feynman was able to correct himself, but I guess he well was, as he loved to see things from different points of view.
Well, yeah. Admitting to your mistakes. Very important characteristic of a truth seeker, whom Mr Feynman certainly was. Should be a trait of every person. Well, except politicians. They better ... I don't know. Ok. Got some other things to do.
The best thing about Feynman was that after elaborating on something for 4 minutes he could still say "You know what? I take it all back". Never afraid to be wrong.
He jumps in and interrupts out of passion, not arrogance. He has to get it out for fear of losing the single thought in amongst all those insanely brilliant thoughts. Would loved to have heard one of his lectures live!!
From a time when documentaries were respectful and observed, instead of a self centered journalist stuffing a mike into someones face asking silly questions to make himself look good. Very nice to watch. Thanks for sharing
I would sit in that pub every day that those two were there talking, and I would listen to those conversations. . I wouldn't understand 1% of what they were talking about, but I would be totally fascinated and amazed by everything. .
there were once two great philosophers who's reputations preceded them. when they met they were so in awe at what the other had to say that they both sat in silence. it was in this silence that they both came to understand everything.
That discussion - at the end - between Hoyle and Feynman put a massive smile on my face :)) I would luv 2 go down the pub with those 2 - despite the fact that I'd feel like an idiot in comparison. Where were these vids in my Physics classes?
I think the only reason Hoyle and Feynman were friends is because Feynman loved to talk and Hoyle loved to listen. As much as I love Feynman, I can see him getting on the nerves of his collegues due to his unending passion to think and communicate. Something I admire.
I would like to say... I came looking for videos of Feynman speaking. He brings life into such a glorious light, igniting my passion for knowledge. It's a wonderful feeling, and I greatly appreciate you posting these. I would like to say also, that I live in Portland, OR. And while I don't know of any opportunities, I'm sorry, I was in complete awe by that. You and I could be any two places in the world. And yet we're here in the same city. If I hear of anything, you'll be the first to know!
Whenever I watch a Feynman interview I always feel like I want to send my brain back to the factory and tell them, "this damn thing doesn't work. I want a new one".
If all individuals would be given the chance to reach their full potential, could you imagine where we - as humans - would be by now? As a woman, I know there’re so many inadequate individuals and circumstances that affect my development. Reaching our full potential is most of the time a question of where one is born, her family, her neighborhood, her teachers, her genes, her supportive or not networks, etc. Good luck to you old confident and assuming folks!
I wish I had a friendship like that between Hoyle and Feynman. When I try to talk with my friends about cosmic questions like this, they're like "yeah, cool...so the Patriots look strong again this year."
I heard a long time ago, but can't remember from where, that there are three types of intellect: the first concerns itself with people, the second with events, and the third with ideas.
Just wonderful to see Feynman and Hoyle chatting together like that =) So excited and enthusiastic and enjoying each others thoughts. Thanks for putting this show up, hope you found a job bud.
I watch the video many times. Feynman is probably not the best physicist, but is by far the best in teaching physics and showing how to think about the world as a scientist should do. Although there could be debate about scientific method and many epistemology questions, his general view towards knowledge and discovery is always of great value.
The legendary figure Feynman typifies is ironically why so many have a need to believe the soul continues on. Even I'll admit it's depressing to think that Feynman will miss the opportunity to experience all the wondrous epiphanies scientific enquiry has yet in store.
Love listening to him. Such a profoundly elegant childish enthusiasm about life and matter. What a wonderful father to have. So, when he was talking about preceding notions of chemistry which are now claimed by the quantum sphere, he asked what cannot be contained in this newly discovered realm. I could only come up with consciousness. But I am a complete novice when it comes to cosmology and physics, I barely know a thing (can recognise some things if they are mentioned, that sort of thing). Surely consciousness is the product of quantum mechanics, which itself started with the ability to see, feel, hear, smell... necessary biological functions, which evolved or, to put it more correctly, culminated into (a perceived) consciousness. Perhaps the concept of function lies outside physics? Hmmm...
"there are three types of intellect" I don't know who said it but the quote is: Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas".
"I'm trying to find out not how nature could be but how nature is!" - Feynman, 1m03s I'm convinced now that Richard Feynman would have loved to identify, understand and apply the underlying law of nature.
@NoRegret0 I agree totally. Every argument I get into always ends in either the opposing person getting angry and refusing to concede their point or I find myself tired of trying simply give up. I always find myself conceding to a well thought out point but I rarely find anyone conceding one to me. If iam technically or morally in the right the other person tends to hate the thought that they might be in the wrong and will vehemently defend their honor. A shame because a good argument is great!
me and my friends all talk about this stuff all the time. its interesting what you can come up with when you just throw ideas around instead of gossip or unnecessary things
He took it as far as he could co, up against mysteries all the way around the edges, as far as he could go. May many others join him, going as far as they can go.
I was surprised to hear R.F mention the french writer André Maurois. Veteran of WWI he was in the USA during WWII as professor and lecturer. I imagine maybe they talked about the atomic bomb because back to France he wrote science-fiction mentioning the bomb. He also wrote a History of the USA... Undoubtedly, Mr Feynman is someone special. He would have loved JWST, and what a conversation about it with Mr F. Hoyle!
"I'm afraid to make specific guesses because the moment I"m making that guess I can see 7 alternatives." "Hmmm..." 0:31 I love the lackadaisical tone in brother bear's "hmmm".
He says NO with such enthusiasm but then you can see him stumbling all the way up to "i take it all back" at which point the enthusiasm is rekindled never to let up again.
God damnit, I wish just once before he died I could have been trapped in an elevator with Feynman for like 4 hours, so I could just talk to him for a bit.
I guess with all people who are brilliant we detect some arrogance in them. But with that being said i believe Feynman truly wanted people to understand how he thought(and worked very hard on that). This is what makes him great in my eyes.
it is so amazing that they are talking About what the was the thought process that lead to there difference in the level of guess. that so intresting and amazing thing to talk about.
The moment at which he says "I take it all back" is one of the most outstanding intellectual moments I've ever seen. The moment that it dawns on him that he had been getting tunnel vision, he renounces it gladly and with no shame, and articulates a greater truth instead. This is the kind of mind to which we should all aspire... If we as a culture could recant without shame, think how better a society we could make...
Thank you.
He just encountered something that proved him wrong so he discarded his hypothesis. That’s what science is about.
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"I'm like this . . . wait, no, I take it all back, I'm not like this at all, I'm like that." What lovely humility.
His joy is contagious!
4:17
When you've made a claim so convincingly for over four minutes and suddenly stumble upon something different and immediately say, "I take it all back"...that exactly is the point when you convince me the most. Not necessarily about anything you've said; but about your quest for the truth.
Well said. Truly the sign of an open mind
witnessing someone stumbling on something profound, and its caught on camera!!!
I really, really loved that moment also, because the entire time leading up to it, I was finding myself disagreeing with Feynman (not a good feeling lol), thinking "surely this man, who is so open minded, who understands that logic is but a tool and intuition can be just as useful, would be able to have a great interaction with, for example, a serious novelist who has spent their life immersed in literature and various languages and has been thinking about all kinds of things very seriously their entire life, just having taken a different path".... and that at the moment he also had that recognition, there was not the slightest hesitation in discarding his entire preceding argument and starting over... beautiful.
"If you give me the right man, in any field, I can talk to him. I know what the condition is: that he did whatever he did as far as he can go. That he studied every aspect of it as far as - he has stretched himself to the end. He's not a dilettante in any way. So he thought deep, as far as he can go, and therefore he's up against mysteries all the way around the edge. And awe. And we can talk about mystery and awe. That's what we have in common."
I want this quote as a tattoo!
Not only did Feynman feel no negativity, bruise or regret when he realized he had to 'take it all back' -- he was elated that he'd found the better answer! THAT'S the true joy of discovery which attracts great scientists.
You know, that moment of inspiration when you feel like screaming 'Eureka!' is a very similar pleasure to ... well, you know. And I don't even want a cigarette afterwards.
Stience pron..
When you meet that right person, the conversation starts instantly and carries on for days if given the chance. Damn I miss some people now.
Let’s appreciate the efforts of the camera man, interviewer and others who made this happen so we can enjoy it now.
That eruption from Feynman about how a man has done something as far as he can go is without a doubt the inspiration that I get from Feynman. A man who has dedicated his life to his work. Damn, I'd love to have a beer with him.
My beer would get warm, go flat, and grow mold in the subjective 'instant' of an interaction with him..
"NO...We don't listen to gossip or magazines... we think originally".
A skill that seems to be deteriorating rapidly .. He was an extraordinary man
Their excitement when talking about the feeling of the moment of revelation/discovery is absolutely beautiful.
Yes
The most underrated 4 videos on YT...What a legendary man
"I take it all back" would be the point he wipes the whiteboard clean and starts again
When he said that, my admiration increased so much in that moment.
means these liars should make up some new lies because all their old ones are falling apart.
Just beautiful thing to say
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4:45 . . the mark of a true scientist. . . When he is wrong, he has no hesitation or shame in saying. . "No. . I was wrong. . I take it all back. . I was wrong". . A GOOD scientist can recognise when he is wrong, and move on with that new understanding. If you refuse to see when you are wrong, then you are not a good scientist.
Still he was not wrong, he just formulated it differently or narrowed the answer down..
@@S.... well, this behaviour didn't show Richard Feynman was able to correct himself, but I guess he well was, as he loved to see things from different points of view.
That whole sequence is just jaw-droppingly insightful.
That is the critical discipline ... Self discipline
Not a good scientist, not a good economist, not a good anything i think
Thank you for this clip! Feynham has such enthusiasm and curiosity.
4:15 for me this is one of the magnificent characteristics of this unique human...
simply as that ..."I take it all back".
Well, yeah. Admitting to your mistakes. Very important characteristic of a truth seeker, whom Mr Feynman certainly was. Should be a trait of every person. Well, except politicians. They better ... I don't know.
Ok. Got some other things to do.
The best thing about Feynman was that after elaborating on something for 4 minutes he could still say "You know what? I take it all back". Never afraid to be wrong.
Thanks for uploading these videos. It is such a privilege to listen to Feynman's thought process.
How did they manage to get such natural conversation on film like that? It takes a lot of skill to make a documentary so subtly
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eldaytripper2 , that is the influence of yorkshire.
Yorkshire beer
Yea these days.
He jumps in and interrupts out of passion, not arrogance. He has to get it out for fear of losing the single thought in amongst all those insanely brilliant thoughts. Would loved to have heard one of his lectures live!!
4:17 "I take it all back"
Incredibly inspiring...
From a time when documentaries were respectful and observed, instead of a self centered journalist stuffing a mike into someones face asking silly questions to make himself look good. Very nice to watch. Thanks for sharing
This is an amazing man. Very rarely do people like this crop up among the rest of us on Earth. I smiled through a lot of this. Im such a nerd
I would sit in that pub every day that those two were there talking, and I would listen to those conversations. . I wouldn't understand 1% of what they were talking about, but I would be totally fascinated and amazed by everything. .
Richard Rejmer ehh nothing wild shouldve been in my living room sophmore year
Very good documentary.
Thank you so much for allowing us to share his awe and wonder about the universe.
there were once two great philosophers who's reputations preceded them. when they met they were so in awe at what the other had to say that they both sat in silence. it was in this silence that they both came to understand everything.
Thanks for uploading this 4 videos.
That was an absolute joy to watch! Thank you
4:58 I love his enthusiasm! The excitement he generated from communicating with likeminded individuals is beautiful.
I get chills when I listen to him.
the way feynman probes any matter is amazing. quite original
That discussion - at the end - between Hoyle and Feynman put a massive smile on my face :)) I would luv 2 go down the pub with those 2 - despite the fact that I'd feel like an idiot in comparison.
Where were these vids in my Physics classes?
listening to mr. feynman is like good music to me
I think the only reason Hoyle and Feynman were friends is because Feynman loved to talk and Hoyle loved to listen. As much as I love Feynman, I can see him getting on the nerves of his collegues due to his unending passion to think and communicate. Something I admire.
Wonderfully inspiring and edging toward devine. Eternal thanks, Dr. Feynman.
Being able to change your mind and believes at any point, it's something which is indeed not easy to do. Loved to hear him say it :)
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5.30-9.01 will never be repeated in any documentary, i'm grateful it happened.
Thank you so much for the uploads. Feynman is wonderful to listen too.
6:00
Loved the Feynman's gossip!!
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Thanks so much for uploading this!
Feynman said it all when he said good man are the ones with nothing left but mystery and awe for it.
The talk between them was great.
Oh man, their talk about the "aha" moments was great.
Great insight. Thanks for posting these four parts
I would like to say... I came looking for videos of Feynman speaking. He brings life into such a glorious light, igniting my passion for knowledge. It's a wonderful feeling, and I greatly appreciate you posting these. I would like to say also, that I live in Portland, OR. And while I don't know of any opportunities, I'm sorry, I was in complete awe by that. You and I could be any two places in the world. And yet we're here in the same city. If I hear of anything, you'll be the first to know!
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Whenever I watch a Feynman interview I always feel like I want to send my brain back to the factory and tell them, "this damn thing doesn't work. I want a new one".
You wrote your comment 8 years ago, and now 8 years later, you gave me a really hard laugh with what you had written.
@@Bill-uo6cm Ten months and a pandemic later, I agree.
This is the saddest thing I've heard in a while.
A great watch ... Thanks again!
_It's a depressing and sobering fact_
_Well... it's been fun_
I totally agree, I loved that moment. When I use to teach the hardest thing to teach someone to say is, "I'm wrong" or " I don't know".
Gosh, look at the smile on Feynman's face. He is soo impregnated with the love for research and exploration.
If all individuals would be given the chance to reach their full potential, could you imagine where we - as humans - would be by now?
As a woman, I know there’re so many inadequate individuals and circumstances that affect my development.
Reaching our full potential is most of the time a question of where one is born, her family, her neighborhood, her teachers, her genes, her supportive or not networks, etc.
Good luck to you old confident and assuming folks!
This was amazing. Thanks for posting this
thank you for the uploads
"mystery and awe: that's what we have in common." what a thrill it is to listen to to another that is thrilled! : )
I wish I had a friendship like that between Hoyle and Feynman. When I try to talk with my friends about cosmic questions like this, they're like "yeah, cool...so the Patriots look strong again this year."
What are the odds of finding a one-in-a-million person?
I heard a long time ago, but can't remember from where, that there are three types of intellect: the first concerns itself with people, the second with events, and the third with ideas.
There is only one type; the one with surprising answers.
If the answers aren't surprising, the intellect is average.
What Feynman has reached to is the result when someone discovers his/her passion and they follow it
Just wonderful to see Feynman and Hoyle chatting together like that =)
So excited and enthusiastic and enjoying each others thoughts.
Thanks for putting this show up, hope you found a job bud.
He (they) took the time to transfer his enthusiasms and mannerisms into the future. So trivial today and so important to tomorrow.
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I watch the video many times. Feynman is probably not the best physicist, but is by far the best in teaching physics and showing how to think about the world as a scientist should do. Although there could be debate about scientific method and many epistemology questions, his general view towards knowledge and discovery is always of great value.
To be the best physicist he would have to be constrained to known metrics. Thus making him someone else, and also a poor physicist.
This was amazing. Thank you for uploading this.
the passion for truth, how admirable of a man..
Makes me want to cry, Feynman is dead. Such a legendary man
Brilliant. Thanks for posting this.
The legendary figure Feynman typifies is ironically why so many have a need to believe the soul continues on. Even I'll admit it's depressing to think that Feynman will miss the opportunity to experience all the wondrous epiphanies scientific enquiry has yet in store.
Nah, time travel, brah. It's impossible, but it cool so it will eventually be solved.
This was great! THANKS!
Legendary man. Thanks for this
Thank you so much.
Love listening to him. Such a profoundly elegant childish enthusiasm about life and matter. What a wonderful father to have. So, when he was talking about preceding notions of chemistry which are now claimed by the quantum sphere, he asked what cannot be contained in this newly discovered realm. I could only come up with consciousness. But I am a complete novice when it comes to cosmology and physics, I barely know a thing (can recognise some things if they are mentioned, that sort of thing). Surely consciousness is the product of quantum mechanics, which itself started with the ability to see, feel, hear, smell... necessary biological functions, which evolved or, to put it more correctly, culminated into (a perceived) consciousness. Perhaps the concept of function lies outside physics? Hmmm...
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“ i take it all back”
Role model.
Respect to this knowning man.
Agreed. Get two legends in a pub and let them at it.
amazing just amazing
wow i thoroughly enjoyed the shit out of that
Where are you now? Did you heed the advice?
"there are three types of intellect"
I don't know who said it but the quote is: Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas".
Fascinating!!!
Great stuff! Indeed, you can converse for hours with certain people
"I'm trying to find out not how nature could be but how nature is!" - Feynman, 1m03s
I'm convinced now that Richard Feynman would have loved to identify, understand and apply the underlying law of nature.
I could listen to these two talking for days :P
@NoRegret0 I agree totally. Every argument I get into always ends in either the opposing person getting angry and refusing to concede their point or I find myself tired of trying simply give up. I always find myself conceding to a well thought out point but I rarely find anyone conceding one to me. If iam technically or morally in the right the other person tends to hate the thought that they might be in the wrong and will vehemently defend their honor. A shame because a good argument is great!
thank you!!!!! i love this man. a true genius...
Very interesting.
what an incredible human being
me and my friends all talk about this stuff all the time. its interesting what you can come up with when you just throw ideas around instead of gossip or unnecessary things
I never knew Feynman and Hoyle had met face to face.
He took it as far as he could co, up against mysteries all the way around the edges, as far as he could go.
May many others join him, going as far as they can go.
I was surprised to hear R.F mention the french writer André Maurois. Veteran of WWI he was in the USA during WWII as professor and lecturer. I imagine maybe they talked about the atomic bomb because back to France he wrote science-fiction mentioning the bomb. He also wrote a History of the USA...
Undoubtedly, Mr Feynman is someone special. He would have loved JWST, and what a conversation about it with Mr F. Hoyle!
I found this video in a primus album playlist
thanks, helpful.
"I'm afraid to make specific guesses because the moment I"m making that guess I can see 7 alternatives."
"Hmmm..." 0:31
I love the lackadaisical tone in brother bear's "hmmm".
He says NO with such enthusiasm but then you can see him stumbling all the way up to "i take it all back" at which point the enthusiasm is rekindled never to let up again.
what a breath of fresh air...
I never thought I'd find a man who's thought processes are similar to mine on youtube. This man is amazing.
CZcams is where the lamppost is..
Not sure how this made it to my suggested, but much enjoyed.
God damnit, I wish just once before he died I could have been trapped in an elevator with Feynman for like 4 hours, so I could just talk to him for a bit.
Adam Hill, but he would have died.
if i could time travel i would go and meet feynmann
I guess with all people who are brilliant we detect some arrogance in them. But with that being said i believe Feynman truly wanted people to understand how he thought(and worked very hard on that). This is what makes him great in my eyes.
it is so amazing that they are talking About what the was the thought process that lead to there difference in the level of guess. that so intresting and amazing thing to talk about.
Thank god for drugs.