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Richard Feynman was fond of giving the fol-
lowing advice on how to be a genius. You have
to keep a dozen of your favorite problems con-
stantly present in your mind, although by and
large they will lay in a dormant state. Every time
you hear or read a new trick or a new result, test
it against each of your twelve problems to see
whether it helps. Every once in a while there will
be a hit, and people will say, “How did he do it?
He must be a genius!”

>> No.4146042

Geniuses are born.

>> No.4146053

why does everyone here love feynman? he's about as accomplished as tesla in terms of work.

>inb4 hurr durr derp path integral, qed, and feynman diagrams

>> No.4146062

>>4146053
Basically we love him because he is infinitely more accomplished than you

Seriously, stop hating scientists who have done good work

And if this is a cheap troll, blah blah blah who cares etc

>> No.4146071

>>4146053
because he is one of the only famous physicists who fucked lots of bitches, and /sci/ latches on to that because it brings hope their foreveralone lives.

>> No.4146076

>>4146071
>truth

>> No.4146079

>>4146053
ya, fuck Feynman. it was retarded of him to make QFT so easy that anyone can understand it, the word "quantum" used to make you puff up with pride because only 10 people actually knew what you were doing, but since his fucking pictures everyone with a primary school education can understand QFT. what the fuck are we suppose to study now to be part of the intellectual elite with a monopoly on knowledge?

>> No.4146582

>>4146053

Not extremely accomplished as far as famous scientists go, but he is popular because he has one of those rare qualities seen in only super geniuses: makes complicated concepts easy to understand.

>> No.4146602

>>4146037
That is, of course, only relevant to scientists or someone else who chooses their own research. This technique wouldn't work if your problems require a solution by a given point in time.

>> No.4146619

>>4146053
I like him because, in addition to being a good scientist, he was an awesome human being. If more people shared his views on life, the world would be a better place. He was a lot like Carl Sagan in that regard.

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>>4146053
>implying Tesla isn't loved by /sci/

>> No.4146641

if there were tons of youtube interviews with dirac or tesla i bet people would love them too

>> No.4146647

Got to love how highschoolers, drop-outs and undergrads think they can talk shit about Feynman.

You people are fueled by stupidity.

>> No.4146652

>>4146079

All I'm saying is that [insert random japanese scientist] was way more influential because of [insert name of esoteric discovery of specific quark]. He didn't even get recognition from [insert mainstream scientific acknowledgement committee] until [year]!

/sci/ sometimes has a case of the /mu/ when it comes to mainstream and not-so. Though, it really helps us figure out who the science enthusiasts and the actual people of science are on this board.

>> No.4146698

>>4146053
>he's about as accomplished as tesla in terms of work
There's your answer.