Freeman Dyson: A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D.
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- A wide-ranging interview with the legendary mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson in which he discusses his work with Richard Feynman, his attempts to build a spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs and his controversial views on climate change.
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Freeman Dyson is a world-renowned mathematical physicist who helped found quantum electrodynamics with Richard Feynman. Read Quanta Magazine’s conversation with Dyson: www.quantamagazine.org/201403.... Video filmed by Ben Henretig/Micro-Documentaries. Editing by Aaron Biscombe. Music by Dexter Britain.
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What is really amazing is the clear state of mind this man was at the age of 92, truly remarkable person. A great inspiration for all researchers.
Agreed.
Shame they cut off an edited his climate answer.
@@LaGrandeBayou Which part did they cut off and edit? What do you think he said?
Larry
maybe that’s how it ended but
It seemed he had more to say on the topic of climate change but was tentative about speaking on it because his opinions go against the narrative. He was clearly saying that it’s not at all like what we’re being told and he is correct.
@@LaGrandeBayou what would you change about what we’re doing with climate change, if you get the power to?
I've always liked rebels... Because these are the ones that tear up the old rule books and do their OWN thing! Einstein was another rebel... So was Feynman! And when I used to teach, I was always drawn to those students who had their own unique way of doing things. Squeaky clean and obedient students that simply followed the rules were... Nice... But were pretty forgettable by and large!
The best mathematician is the one with curiosity and humility. Dyson is a legend of any age.
It's a shame he's not with us anymore.
The best is the one with the best results.
He showed the world that 'Curoisty is much more important than any degree anyone who is smart enough to study a subject gets PhD but to make contributions you need a driving curiosity and dedication' 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@dutcheastindies8354 no
Beautiful
This guy transformed fyenmen's diagrams into pure mathematics! This guy is a legend.
@@someone1059 A few years before his death, Einstein commented on Poincaré as being one of the pioneers of relativity, saying "Lorentz had already recognized that the transformation named after him is essential for the analysis of Maxwell's equations, and Poincaré deepened this insight still further ...." --- saw this on wiki
Schwinger already knew how to make those calculations without having to draw them as little wiggling pictures.
He died on 28 February 2020, I feel surprised that I didn’t know much about him until today.
Same. May he rest in peace.
You think that you would have heard something!!
I talked with Mr. Dyson (now more than 25 years ago) when he was at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton). During our conversation, he asked me why I was pursuing my PhD (knowing that he didn't complete his under Hans Bethe at Cornell). I said, "Well, for me it's like a carrot before me and I want to bite it and then eat it." To which he replied, "Okay." Then we talked about other things. May he RIP.
I assume you need the PhD to get in the door so people would take you seriously. Dyson had produced seminal work with Hans Bethe and Feynman, so he was already well inside the door and very productive. At that point the diploma is not important. But he probably should have gotten it anyway just to placate his parents.
@@stuartwiner7920 Had he completed the PhD he would not have spent so much of his time talking about why he didn't think it was important.
”He loves to talk”
I think Richard Feynman was the most charming and outgoing Scientist ever.
Who also creeped on Cornell undergrads while he was a professor there. He was an idol to me until I learned about that.
@@jacob9673I've heard of him taking trips to local strip clubs and going out with married women before, never this.
I can't believe I live in a world where streamers exist and people make them rich and famous when there are people like this man who deserve more
It's seriously sad thing
I don't think he cares about money much. Money is a medium. A profesor at a good university don't have to worry about money, and thats enough.
Much like athletes, streamers provide a service in entertainment.
cringe
Me too
I had the *supreme* honor of meeting Freeman Dyson after a summer lecture at the Chautauqua Institute in the late 80's. I was an undergraduate physics major at a nearby University, and we had a wide-ranging conversation about the future of science and practical applicaitons of mathematics in emerging tech. Wonderful, personable man; a real pleasure to speak with.
I have a BS in electrical engineering and an MS in physics; and I have worked as a full-time physics professor and, presently, a full-time math professor. His story further encourages me to continue my research interests in math, theoretical physics and engineering. Thanks for sharing this.
Awesome! I want to become a professor of CS or Maths, and idk just seeing a random person on youtube who has already made the journey I plan to make is kind of inspiring.
@@abijo5052 I hope you got it
Don't stop educating yourself, kaninima, we need more educated and intelligent people in this world to help improve life!
What a brilliant, curious, and humble man. It is wonderful to see a man of this age still so lucid. His youth reminds me the curiosity Feynman had as a youth. It is sad that science gets choked by men who have an agenda but that has always been so.
Freeman John Dyson FRS (15 December 1923 - 28 February 2020)--Rest in Peace
Humility is underrated. He is a legend. 🙏
Currently reading his book "Origins of Life" and his insights are both lovely and amazing. It reminded me of my love for science since I was a kid. I admit I do not understand a lot of the physics jargon and equations since I am mainly on the medical field, but it is amusing to skim through and read the simplifications. He is indeed a legend.
These five minutes feel awesome and refreshing. 👌👌
He transformed Feynman's diagram in pure mathematics. He is a genius. He is a legend. Live long sir.
Unfortunately he is no longer with us "Physically"
Very inspiring interview, fascinating man
What an outstanding gentlemen
Thanks for the interview
Wow, how did I never know abt this gem before, tysm YT for such recommendations 🙏
He looks like that lonely guy, yet he's happy. Bravo, the first video that gave me goosebumps in a while.
Edit: Lol 40 likes
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.
@@B20C0 Love that one!
His book, Infinity in All Directions, is well worth reading.
May God bless you sir
Glad I had this recommended to me, thank you.
Absolute legend
20% of people makes 80% of contribution to humanity and this man is surely in the top 5%.
One of my heroes....God bless him
Rest in Peace Champ the world needs more people like you wayyy more!
What’s the image at 4:29?
humble in person
How was he not promoted based on his works on the feynman diagrams?
Rest In Peace… such an inspiration; such great honesty…
Very good!!
Wonderful
We are getting to see the 1st stage of conceptualizing and creating a dyson sphere.
Could you elaborate? Sounds like you're saying there's some kind of funding or venture for the creation of a dyson sphere? Would love to get info or a link if that's the case
@@zalooooo Not sure about that one, but it was just an expression of feeling. It feels like we at the brink of Type 1 civilization, where we have ran out of energy sources on earth.
@@nisc_k A type 1 civilisation has nothing to do with running out. Its about the amount of Energy a Civilisation can use.
This guy looks amazingly physically similar to late John Nash!
As if geniuses require paperwork from non-geniuses to create unique inventions and/or make discoveries.
There is always a place for the subgenius in the realms of knowledge.
He's exceptionally humble and understated about himself. In reality, Freeman Dyson was a Genius with the capital G, and an enormously visionary one too.
I always wondered who was behind that great vacuum
The man the Dyson sphere is named after!
Bacana. As ciências exatas são lindas construções da humanidade.
Wonderful interview with one of the finest scientists that ever lived. Such a terrible shame that there was muzak playing constantly, it is utterly superfluous and can only detract from what is being said.
Quite. Every time.
where
He is amazing scientist
What a wise man. RIP
Until he says racism is still a problem in the USA. Then he becomes public enemy n°1.
Amazing man genius
Good man
he is right about climate, so humble, that's a genius trait.
Amazing man, no PhD and can increase people's understanding of scientific knowledge!
LOVELY..............
This guy lived upto his name.
Y nos regaló la oportunidad de imaginar su esfera
If he is alive, somebody tell him, he was right about Dyson spheres but in a very very different way....
Can you please elaborate more. I am curious
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
Forget the Dyson spheres, I am a big fan of his hair dryers.
Moral of the story: You don't need a PhD if you do pioneering work with Feynman and Bethe
1:32 Richard Feynman
LOUD MUSIC
Great vacuum cleaners too. This guy has it all.
Holy suit, he has a perfect blend of American and English accent
@@ccriztoff u don't say
Give that man a PhD.
Know who else didn't have a PhD? Jay Forrester, and he did okay.
Why does CZcams seek to place its own information whenever a person questions climate change?
He was named Freeman for a reason.
Freeman Dyson, the daddy of Gordon Freeman :)
Dyson - Scientist with a capital letter.
Freeman Dyson's view on climate is the one we should adopt, that is to be skeptic. That's the correct way of science. To push a conclusion to the public that's not solid or well understood enough is simply not a good idea.
Unfortunately it is pretty well understood. By this I mean that we understand the impact that CO2 (and other greenhouse gases) have on the climate. They cause a warming effect. This exact effect was first predicted in the late 19th century, and it was confirmed in the 20th. Our predictions have been frighteningly accurate, if a bit conservative. The evidence is absolutely overwhelming at this point. We have already been very skeptical, and it turns out that the people saying that CO2 causes global warming which will change the climate were right.
This man tried to go to space using the combustion engine lol
no he didn't nuclear bombs haha and it worked but the way
RIP
Wait why could he not get a Phd for his work translating feynman
Because that's not how getting a doctorate works
This scientist is telling me that Richard Feynman is a genius and another scientist online is telling me that Richard Feynman is overrated. Who do I listen to?
are you talking about unzickers view? he talks a lot of rubbish
was this guy inspired by Seinfeld or just Yudkowsky? either way he talks like Thunderfoot 😂
Hey Freeman, maybe you should be aware that climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels.
☝Ahh Dyson 🙈🙈
💗💖💝🇧🇩❣
Physics
Climate research is closely controlled by political and economic interests, so his objections might not actually be wrong.
Another right thing that he thinks
Well, he said it himself, he is no expert at the topic.
He said himself he doesn't object per se, but that the study of climate is so poorly understood that it wouldn't surprise him either way. Like weather systems, it is functionally impossible to make confident projections into the future. These are non-linear systems. And you're right about there being powerful lobbyists pushing both sides of the narrative. The truth is we are essentially imposing order on a system which is technically "chaotic."
@@alexandermuller8587 There are a lot of people who claim to be experts on that topic, that really aren't.
@@brandonporter6223 If I have to choose which opinion I trust most on a certain subject I look to the consesus of experts of the certain field, and not to someone who claims to be not an expert of the field. Him being intelligent neither means that he is the most intelligent nor does it mean that he is the most knowledgable in fields he didn't study.
Hm.
No immediate relation to James Dyson lol
This video keeps coming up again and again in my youtube recommendations for reasons I cannot fathom.
Why on earth does anyone consider Dyson "legendary"?
It's very difficult indeed to point to anything which Dyson got right, or anything he actually achieved, beyond taking notes for Feynman. I read his autobiography a few years ago, the only thing remarkable is Dyson's self-estimation. Most of his ideas were completely crackpot. See Hugo Barnacle's letter to the Guardian for some examples.
There are some funny interviews on youtube with Murray Gell-Mann discussing Dyson, worth looking up.
[Edited to correct the name "Hugo Barnacle"]
@@Brad-qw1te Even Dyson admits, on other videos you can find right on youtube, that his main contribution to QED was taking notes for Feynman, because Feynman was too lazy to write them down. You've also forgotten about the Dyson tree and the astrochicken to add to Dyson's grand list of achievements.
But it speaks for itself that the best you can offer for Dyson's legacy are a few bits of mathematics and fantasies like the "Dyson Sphere" or Project Orion (which is the same thing as the Helios propulsion system).
@@Brad-qw1te Unfortunately he wasn't being humble. Dyson's autobiography which I mentioned above is the book "Disturbing the Universe".
There are some videos of Dyson on a channel called "Web of Stories" talking very extensively about what he did, and there are other contributors such as Murray Gell-Mann talking about Dyson, if you want to find out more. CZcams doesn't allow links in comments so please search for them yourself.
I agree with you that we should all try to educate ourselves better. I hope this discussion has been a little productive or educational for the two of us, or for some future reader of our dialogue. Best wishes.
@@benkasminbullock It has been educational, thank you for giving example to someone who wants to learn.
He was a crackpot in many areas from biology to climate science indeed, but to suggest he was anything less than a top tier particle physicist and mathematician is ridiculous. Gell-mann talked shit about everyone from Einstein to Feynman.
@@kreitzerova2371 I'm ridiculous then since I will continue to suggest that Freeman Dyson was quite considerably less than a top tier particle physicist and mathematician.
The climate comment is nothing more than an opinion, not relevant to his real achievements.
The nature of his stated beliefs was a sufficiently competent assessment of the required state of mind for an all-inclusive understanding of Mathematical Conjecture. (Compatible with Hit and Miss, probabilistic Actuality)
Even his name spits rebellion against Peter Pan Syndrome... "Free MAN Die SON"
He is humble enough to admit he is not a climate scientist but still thinks all climate scientist are wrong. Unfortunately, some people take his views on climate as valid as those of actual climate scientists.
Climate scientists work with numerical models, and numerical modeling is not a hard science. Anyone can make numerical models spit out erroneous results if so inclined. Dyson was an expert on numerical models, and understood the dangers of manipulating numbers with a pre-conceived bias in the outcome.
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Im even better than Freeman. I dropped out of college alltogether.
Looks like Ellen
feynman to freeman the legacy continues
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Is this a concert or a bio of Dyson? The music is overbearing. Why would you sugar this up with this cliche-ridden soundtrack?
No one under 50 knows who this guy is and Logan Paul is a millionaire, we are so fucked
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Interesting story, it resonates because I'm interested in learning more science. Only that during the pandemic, I had already used physics as applied biotechnology to deal with the COVID. I haven't had any infections for over a decade and swear by it! With an understanding of the essential scientific method, I call my wildcard method that goes beyond the necessary through my own tacit experience that is thankfully relatively simple. So does that make me a rebel without an PHD too? Only that I am curious as I know we have what I call a the "green quantum fourth industrial revolution" which I have applied myself does the best of our western liberal "do-it-yourself"! Indeed, inner conviction that it is 50%+ complete strategy and tipping-point that is industrial and energy conscious that is certainly scientifically and economically literate, if you will!? Over and above this, I am sanguine that 100%+ will be reached! For I know this is about what I call the "statistically significant probability" that I discovered through make your own mistakes and learn your own lessons of which I cross-referenced with the best of the past for the best of the future!
Best of luck, mate.
Best of luck, bud. Extremely proud of you :)
This is the exact feelings i have for mathematics, like playing a piano, i may not be as brilliant as this man far from it i know, but i just see alot of myself in him its amazing, i never relate to anyone like this before my whole life
Moist
Go ahead with your passion..
I support you brother From Tamilnadu India.
I just love Freeman Dyson and the way he said "...was an absolute genius..."!
Mohsen Ansari Javid where r u
Richard Feynman was a clown - Freeman Dyson 1:47
@@99bits46 lol
Probably the most amazing fact ive ever heard about anyone is that Freeman Dyson at the age of 6 worked out how many atoms are in the sun. Now for anyone with knowledge of basic mathematics thats not a hard thing to do. Find the formula, find the average density of the sun, plug one into the other. Volume = 4/3Pi r^3. But for a 6 year old to get that is friggin amazing!
How can anyone NOT love Freeman Dyson?
By not loving him
I just had an epiphany seeing all those books around him. Im an engineering student and I almost never use a physical textbook when seeking information. I always look online or watch youtube videos to learn. Its sad in a way, as there will be no physical record of my years of studying other than the notebooks and diploma.
Soon the notebooks and physical diploma will go away too. Many students use a laptop entirely, and we've already started using block-chain technology for diploma verification.
I'll be totally honest, video and online forms of learning are SO much more efficient than physical books
@@dalirkosimov4623 it doesn't feel the same and doesn't give the same pause for reflection..
@@dalirkosimov4623 no
@@evanjameson5437 pause and reflection is up to the student and how dedicated they are. Having more accessible content anytime only boosts learning.
Wonderful video! And appreciating von Braun eternally.
Just for this I subscribed. Thank you for this gold. ❤
beautiful man; beautiful mind and attitude.