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  • @bigthink
    @bigthink  4 года назад +5

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  • @lovetownsend
    @lovetownsend 7 лет назад +444

    Older folks talking about their experiences is so gold

    • @ZixZone
      @ZixZone 5 лет назад +2

      Especially the elderly elves.

    • @philipmason5547
      @philipmason5547 5 лет назад +7

      Particularly the older folks who have made incredible intellectual contributions in the areas that enhance human understanding of the universe.

    • @willwarden1631
      @willwarden1631 5 лет назад

      Look up project Orion it might change your outlook. Dyson is so next level you’ll never know probably for years and years what he really did.

    • @black_jack_meghav
      @black_jack_meghav 3 года назад

      Especially scientists

    • @john10000ish
      @john10000ish Год назад

      Gifted older folks. Mediocre ones just talk nonsense.

  • @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998
    @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998 4 года назад +88

    RIP Freeman Dyson. He leaves behind an unforgettable legacy.

  • @Juscz
    @Juscz 9 лет назад +328

    From what I know of Dyson's reputation, he is a phenomenal mathematician; so it is both very great and humble of him to acknowledge Feynman's contribution to Dyson's own success; that is very admirable, the mathematics-applied-to-physics genius Dyson acknowledging the contribution of the overall-physics genius Feynman.

    • @kdub1242
      @kdub1242 9 лет назад +29

      John Uscian Yup. He demonstrated the equivalence of Schwinger and Feynman's formulations of QED, and made important contributions to the perturbative calculation of scattering amplitudes, among other things. I don't know a lot about QED, but some of the experts believe Dyson may have also deserved a share of the Nobel for his work.

    • @calvinsylveste8474
      @calvinsylveste8474 7 лет назад +6

      Too bad he could not overcome the influence of ingrained mysticism which corrupted his ability to reason.

    • @davidr346
      @davidr346 6 лет назад +9

      The series of 157 videos interviewing Dyson are fascinating. I don't think there is any other source for what Dyson says in those videos. And he consistently gives credit even-handedly where credit is due. By far my favorite living scientist.

    • @okoyoso
      @okoyoso 5 лет назад

      It's called mathematical physics.

  • @twirlipofthemists3201
    @twirlipofthemists3201 6 лет назад +141

    A 5 day road trip with Dyson and Feynman. I would do that.

    • @HASHHASSIN
      @HASHHASSIN 4 года назад +1

      "You would do?" :) best joke brother :)

    • @NisseOhlsen
      @NisseOhlsen 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, just be a smart as Dyson and you'll be up next!

    • @pratiksingh1714
      @pratiksingh1714 3 года назад

      I would watch it. Entire 5 day documentary..

  • @ailblentyn
    @ailblentyn 4 года назад +76

    What a humble genius. He will be missed. Thank goodness he leaves so much to posterity.

    • @antun88
      @antun88 Год назад

      Yes. So humble he didn't even mention his involvement in Operation Gomorrah.

  • @SassePhoto
    @SassePhoto 5 лет назад +31

    Very impressive - straight to the point - a lot better than TED talk cosmetics

  • @ddorman365
    @ddorman365 7 лет назад +23

    Thank you Sir Dyson for your help and collaboration and support (great job on the mathematics!!:), I hope to see you soon, peace and love, Doug.

  • @NothingMaster
    @NothingMaster 5 лет назад +10

    Dyson is always incredibly entertaining to listen to; a most gifted and engaging storyteller and mathematician. Feynman was a most creative genius and a natural born physicist. Although Feynman, the physicist, preferred to work with the pictorial representations of mathematical expressions, we should not forget that he was a mathematical heavyweight, as well. His groundbreaking work on the path integral formulation is a triumphant case in point. That said, Feynman’s creative mind was overwhelmingly preoccupied with new and revolutionary ideas and original insights and he opted not to spend his time working on tidying up the mathematical loose ends.

  • @francoismorin8721
    @francoismorin8721 7 лет назад +14

    Humble man when he talks about his collaboration with Richard Feynman. Wow that Feynman seemed like such a spirited human being. A genius he says, I am starting to believe he was a super genius to have mastered all regions of his brain, logic, artistic and emotional.

  • @siddharthsingh4095
    @siddharthsingh4095 7 лет назад +188

    He'd tell stories most of which were true 😁

    • @drbonesshow1
      @drbonesshow1 5 лет назад +5

      That's the best you can do.

    • @pardismack
      @pardismack 5 лет назад +4

      Feynman knew how to sell himself to the public with an image that was somehow farfetched from who he is in reality.

    • @ienjoyapples
      @ienjoyapples 4 года назад +3

      Implying some were not.

    • @cinskybuhsrandy5099
      @cinskybuhsrandy5099 4 года назад +3

      ​@@pardismack I think that's the last thing he would do. He didn't need to pretend and certainly he didn't care about his public image. He was an extrovert and liked to show off, but there's no reason to suspect that his behaviour wasn't genuine, from his uncompromising enthusiasm to his proto-trolling. Great part of the public interested in him were other scientists, usually very clever people, often very sceptical. Do you think they'd just buy it? Do you have something to base your claim on? If not, why would you do such a great man an injustice? Out of envy?

    • @pardismack
      @pardismack 4 года назад +4

      @@cinskybuhsrandy5099 Yes he was an extrovert but he loves talking about women to appear as a womanizer as that was somehow celebrated at that period of time but in fact he was a family man and he prefers focusing on his family and on nerdy stuff

  • @sabercrosby8128
    @sabercrosby8128 8 лет назад +48

    the dyson sphere is often referred to as freeman dysons most famous work but I think the Dyson tree is amazing too.. Living legend

    • @thstroyur
      @thstroyur 7 лет назад +9

      The work he's most famous for in the physics community is basically 2 papers that can be found in Schwinger's anthology of QED papers (which I own :) ); personal goal trying to understand those ancient hieroglyphs

    • @jacobshirley3457
      @jacobshirley3457 7 лет назад +4

      His work on vacuums sucked.

    • @punkisinthedetails1470
      @punkisinthedetails1470 4 года назад

      @@jacobshirley3457 I'm also not fan.

    • @jacobshirley3457
      @jacobshirley3457 4 года назад

      @@punkisinthedetails1470 Cool.

    • @punkisinthedetails1470
      @punkisinthedetails1470 4 года назад

      @@jacobshirley3457 Not as cool as I'd like. His fans blow.

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33
    @VeganSemihCyprus33 8 лет назад +74

    When I think he get lost and gave up, he continues and manages to tie up the sentences very nicely at the end :D

    • @astropgn
      @astropgn 8 лет назад +8

      +semih oguzcan Yeah. We can see that he had a great appreciation for Feynman, so talking about him brought so many memories that his brain went all slow processing all the stories they lived together.

    • @willwarden1631
      @willwarden1631 5 лет назад +10

      If you listen to his lectures that’s kind of his style it’s like he’s got this enormous computer storage drive in his brain and sometimes it takes a second when he puts a request in before it comes back out but when it comes back out it’s unbelievably brilliant every time.

    • @peterbneto
      @peterbneto 3 года назад +1

      That's what I enjoyed most about his speech.

    • @Pussik
      @Pussik 3 года назад

      Typical intj alike thinking looking from outside.

  • @SamSalhi
    @SamSalhi 6 лет назад +4

    How humble these amazing people can be, we're just lucky to hear these stories!

  • @CesarClouds
    @CesarClouds 2 года назад +2

    This man was just so brilliant. I once read an exchange between him and Dawkins about evolution. Dyson was a physicist but was knowledgeable enough about biology to go head to head with Dawkins. He was not to be messed with intellectually.

  • @utulangi6078
    @utulangi6078 4 года назад +4

    Thank God for recordings that I(we) can hear and see such great gifts like Mr. Dyson talking about other great people.

  • @MohamedAbdin1
    @MohamedAbdin1 10 лет назад +73

    " Physics in the Days of Einstein and Feynman "
    A Fantastic Title !
    And a good video to watch :)

    • @DrCrowie
      @DrCrowie 7 лет назад +5

      In other words you're saying that this video had absolutely nothing to do with physics, and was just an old guy trying to remember a couple of people he knew of.

    • @friendlydragon8999
      @friendlydragon8999 6 лет назад

      Love watching him

  • @sonicbroom6579
    @sonicbroom6579 5 лет назад +5

    One of the towering intellects of the 20th century and a foil to the manic genius of Richard Feynman

  • @AFO_AnalyRics
    @AFO_AnalyRics 5 лет назад +5

    Where most would rather go dumb than tell the truth, this man right here would rather do the same than tell a lie...or even embellish. Respect.

  • @Jipzorowns
    @Jipzorowns 11 лет назад +58

    nah not really, he just takes the time to think about his answers. (more people should do that imo) :)

  • @manaoharsam4211
    @manaoharsam4211 5 лет назад +7

    Freeman Dyson ,Yes whatever little I read and know I think you did a great job in mathematics even a beginner like me found it very remarkable the way it worked. Great job.

  • @Nick-pd2yo
    @Nick-pd2yo 2 года назад +2

    I love how he mentions Feynamn because he is underrated. He spoke much more majestically and a he had an appreciation for the mundane and exquisite alike. Einstein is somewhat an anti-hero or a villain he lacks the morals to be the poster boy for physics

  • @JusNuncle
    @JusNuncle 6 лет назад +8

    Thank you for your contribution sir.

  • @tMontesJay
    @tMontesJay 5 лет назад +8

    Richard Feynman was also a very good bongo player

  • @johnwagner4776
    @johnwagner4776 3 года назад +6

    As a non-scientist, it's hard to understand why Dyson would say that Richard Feynman did the "hard work" when it was Dyson who had to develop the complex mathematical proofs.

    • @6900xx
      @6900xx 2 года назад +3

      I think it shows how humble of a person he is and that makes him more respectable.

    • @bluemonstrosity259
      @bluemonstrosity259 2 года назад +1

      Feynman came up with the idea. Dyson described it mathematically.
      An analogy would be Feynman being the inventor of a product, Dyson being the guy who actually works out the ways to manufacture it

  • @wmlincolnmd828
    @wmlincolnmd828 4 года назад +10

    Love this guy. He was a living Newton. So sad he recently Passed.

    • @readynowforever3676
      @readynowforever3676 3 года назад +2

      “Newton” !?!?!
      Newton was a rarefied mathematician innovator (he invented calculus) and transformational theoretical physicist.
      Freeman Dyson has extraordinary accolades, but no original thought to set him apart.

    • @Treviscoe
      @Treviscoe 3 года назад

      @@readynowforever3676 Probably true about Freeman Dyson, but by his own admission (in "Disturbing The Universe") that wasn't his role, at least not in theoretical physics. He tidied up loose ends and solved problems in work other people had done rather than come up with original theories himself.

    • @readynowforever3676
      @readynowforever3676 3 года назад

      @@Treviscoe Fair enough

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 3 года назад +1

      Newton? No.

  • @deckiedeckie
    @deckiedeckie 6 лет назад +6

    Freeman Dyson.....one of the smartest man ever lived....

  • @bestoutcomes
    @bestoutcomes 5 лет назад +1

    I believe this gentleman is credible. His body language reveals sincerity. I particularly call attention to what he says about Feynman. Others who have videos on RUclips, featuring someone who claims to have "known" Feynman, show them -- when talking about Feynman -- putting him down and claiming he was self-absorbed, how much ego he had and how he tried to impress others with how smart he was, and just putting the man down incessantly. Which is inconsistent with 100% of the videos featuring Feynman himself. Whereby he exhibits none of this behavior they claim. Plus, much left out so as to deceive via omissions and commissions both. I have commented on those other videos but no one ever replies to challenge my assertions their guest is wrong. So, this is refreshing. To listen to him speak of Feynman about how Feynman actually was, rather than an erroneous perception due to some insecurity or having been a competitor who was outsmarted and embrassed perhaps by Feynman, who simplified their math and intentionally complex jargon. Anyway, this is a refreshing video.

  • @xit1254
    @xit1254 7 лет назад +6

    Dyson is a true contrarian, and I really admire him.

  • @StephenDoty84
    @StephenDoty84 10 лет назад +7

    They collaborated on what was called the Feynman-Dyson equation..

  • @prakashsharma8368
    @prakashsharma8368 7 лет назад +22

    These people are true gods on our planet. Mankind is really blessed to have them.

    • @SilentAdventurer
      @SilentAdventurer 6 лет назад +1

      Humankind

    • @derek9153
      @derek9153 5 лет назад

      Sarosh Khan Really?

    • @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998
      @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998 5 лет назад +1

      @@SilentAdventurer stfu

    • @SilentAdventurer
      @SilentAdventurer 5 лет назад +1

      Derek Shelton yes, really.

    • @SilentAdventurer
      @SilentAdventurer 5 лет назад +1

      My Lord, I completely agree with you Thank you for expressing your kind sentiment with such elegance eloquence and brevity. Ever so grateful for the implicit compliment. I could go on but then...

  • @Stoicfantasy
    @Stoicfantasy 4 года назад +8

    RIP Freeman Dyson (died 28.2.2020)

  • @Selcuk.Aytimur
    @Selcuk.Aytimur 4 года назад +5

    Such a humble man 😍

  • @Doones51
    @Doones51 4 года назад +11

    "Feynman told stories about himself, most of which were true"

  • @manchmalpfosten8133
    @manchmalpfosten8133 7 месяцев назад

    "He was a wonderful person to be around. In addition, he was a genius." Lmao, love this guy

  • @evo2542
    @evo2542 Год назад

    You can see how much he is visualizing what he is thinking about and visualizing memories i am sure.

  • @shervinanousheh3508
    @shervinanousheh3508 5 лет назад +3

    I wish that as you grow older your intuition and cognitive capabilities got better so that people would have more to hope for

  • @gururajdeshpande8963
    @gururajdeshpande8963 6 лет назад +13

    Is he ( in the video ) who proposed Dyson sphere ..

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 5 лет назад +6

      Yes, he is.

    • @Atanu
      @Atanu 3 года назад

      @Gururaj Deshpande No, no, he's the inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner.

    • @gururajdeshpande8963
      @gururajdeshpande8963 3 года назад +1

      @@Atanu lol

  • @PurnamadaPurnamidam
    @PurnamadaPurnamidam 3 года назад +1

    A wonderful person Mr. Dyson

  • @Rico-Suave_
    @Rico-Suave_ Год назад

    Watched all of it 0:15

  • @mator2339
    @mator2339 4 года назад +4

    RIP Freeman Dyson.

  • @William.Driscoll
    @William.Driscoll 4 года назад

    Great stuff. Thank you.

  • @NorceCodine
    @NorceCodine 6 лет назад +1

    The truth is Einstein hated Princeton, he addressed his letters as "Concentration Camp Princeton", and he refused to learn English. He only talked to the Mathematician Goedel in German (who starved himself to death in protesting the intellectual backwaterness of Princeton). Einstein realized, however painful it was, that the intellectual stimulation of German science made him who he was. The stillborn American social engineering at Princeton was a charade. Thats why he didn't achieve anything anymore, and he died a bitter man.

    • @boydmccollum692
      @boydmccollum692 4 года назад +3

      NorceCodine well Einstein has only himself to blame - he didn’t need to stay at Princeton, especially after the war. It’s a bit of a cop out that he would blame Princeton for his situation.

  • @rogeralsop3479
    @rogeralsop3479 Год назад

    Excellent man.

  • @medievalmusiclover
    @medievalmusiclover 6 лет назад

    Great experience for you. Than you for sharing!!!

  • @augustinemusoke
    @augustinemusoke 2 года назад

    Thanks😊

  • @LeandroFosque
    @LeandroFosque 9 лет назад +21

    I like Dyson, but saying that the world is getting greener and therefore preserves biodiversity is misleading. Certainly rain forests are being destroyed, and therefore entire ecosystems are being extinct. They are getting replaced by monoculture, so they still being green from a satellite. The main problem is this kind of destruction, that is what people have to fight against first.
    The world needs a people that don't necessary believe in climate change, but fight against monoculture, population growth, the destruction of biodiversity, and contamination. Since the real crisis is energy.

    • @jccusell
      @jccusell 9 лет назад +2

      +Frank Zaka
      Why is this a crisis?

    • @soulscanner66
      @soulscanner66 8 лет назад +2

      Climate change is not a belief. It's an observation based on data. It's causes are a question of well-tested theories and predictions confirmed by yet more accurate and complete observations and data. The loss of biodiversity and its causes are similarly a question of observations.

    • @jccusell
      @jccusell 8 лет назад +1

      Could you point to someone or an article that claims that climate does not change?

    • @hansenchen1
      @hansenchen1 7 лет назад

      +Guy Souriandt: Your claims are way over-blown. It is a speculation based on some data, and with huge amount of assumptions at that. With that amount of assumption, particularly the vehemence with which most the supporters preach climate change without rigorous scientific deduction and proof, it is not too far from a religious belief.

    • @AvatarOfBhaal
      @AvatarOfBhaal 7 лет назад

      climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

  • @rkr1410
    @rkr1410 11 лет назад +2

    He was. Also, he's the closest thing I ever had or probably will have for an authority.

  • @7grhpsyfuck272
    @7grhpsyfuck272 2 года назад

    my class is taught in solitary confeynment, while everyone is listening in to the lecture.

  • @StephenDoty84
    @StephenDoty84 10 лет назад +4

    1:40 Gell-Man spoke of how Feynman had a big ego and struggled to cultivate his own legend.

    • @l2ic3
      @l2ic3 9 лет назад +13

      Stephen Doty Murray Gell-Mann was himself enormously egotistical and self satisfied. So I could understand why someone like Feynman would cause Gell-Mann to feel very insecure and jealous.

    • @StephenDoty84
      @StephenDoty84 9 лет назад

      l2ic3 Aha, interesting counterpoint.

    • @andrewdeen1
      @andrewdeen1 9 лет назад

      +Stephen Doty this is the second comment section where i see you trying to trash feynman.. why watch videos of people praising him then.. some kind of inferiority complex? i mean you knew what this would be by the title... and the timestamp you cited was about einstein.

    • @StephenDoty84
      @StephenDoty84 9 лет назад +2

      Andrew Deen You say, "i see you trying to trash feynman.." No, and shame on your for making such a false accusation. Feynman would detest your logic, for it is not an accurate inference from my comment, which is factual, stupid, as it recounts what Gell-Man said. And he knew Feynman personally. Evil idiots online, like you, seem to misconstrue others on purpose.

    • @deckiedeckie
      @deckiedeckie 9 лет назад +1

      +Stephen Doty ...Gell-Man was a peacock....

  • @collinsdarkwa281
    @collinsdarkwa281 5 лет назад +2

    Very interesting

  • @uzairhussain4856
    @uzairhussain4856 2 года назад +1

    Feynman ♥️ feynman ♥️ feynman ♥️

  • @digxx
    @digxx 7 лет назад +15

    I dont want to put down Feynman, but this humble sentence "He did the real work and I tied it up afterwards" is a bit too much. I mean ideas are important, but also to put it in the mathematical framework...

    • @superroydude
      @superroydude 6 лет назад +11

      digxx
      It's not like Feynman didnt have a mathematical method to his theory. He devised a method that could carry out calculations extremely quickly and arrived to the correct conclusion. The problem was that his method was virtually incomprehensable to everyone else. What Dyson did was make feynman's theory mathematically rigorous by translating it into a language people could underatand.

  • @luckyirvin
    @luckyirvin 6 лет назад +7

    when Mr. Dyson said
    "..and he told stories about himself, most of which were true"

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 5 лет назад +1

      Knowing how outrageous they are, that's already saying much to RF credit!

  • @elefader
    @elefader 11 лет назад +3

    What an awesome necktie.

  • @Dalroc
    @Dalroc 11 лет назад +6

    His brain was buffering.. Despite being a great physicis and theorist, his mind is probably getting a bit slower.

    • @nemooutis-marcusboateng7459
      @nemooutis-marcusboateng7459 8 лет назад +2

      Dalroc maybe his body is slow

    • @Doones51
      @Doones51 4 года назад +1

      i think that he was considering his words carefully as this was an interview asking his opinions on other scientists. More people should consider their words as carefully.

    • @AE-yr6mo
      @AE-yr6mo 4 года назад +1

      He was like 90 years old lol.

  • @nikhilpandey2364
    @nikhilpandey2364 7 лет назад +62

    I'll go to hell for this but this dude made me think that the video was buffering...

    • @Edude117
      @Edude117 7 лет назад +10

      Don't you think it'd take a tad bit more to go to hell?

    • @FocusMrbjarke
      @FocusMrbjarke 7 лет назад

      I thought the same thing but I haven't seen a lot of videos of him

    • @winstoncat6785
      @winstoncat6785 7 лет назад +7

      No you won't. It's true. Freeman Dyson is clearly struggling these days. He was always a little aloof when he spoke. But now he is well past 90, and this is what becomes of almost all of us at that age. Still pretty good all things considered, and a wonderful character too.

    • @professorboltzmann5709
      @professorboltzmann5709 6 лет назад

      Nikhil Pandey omg

    • @MrSidney9
      @MrSidney9 6 лет назад

      Lol me too!

  • @gibbogle
    @gibbogle Год назад

    Dyson's nose and ears are exceptional.

  • @zhir6465
    @zhir6465 5 лет назад +2

    Who saw the ad?

  • @goosew3266
    @goosew3266 4 года назад +2

    RIP old boy

  • @iunnox666
    @iunnox666 7 лет назад +2

    I thought this was going to be about how concepts differed back then, not just celebrity gossip.

  • @gerRule
    @gerRule 5 лет назад +1

    0:44 I thought my sound went

  • @DavidMaurand
    @DavidMaurand 7 лет назад +3

    i'm grateful to have heard this gracious comment while this man could still deliver it. i pray there is a heaven for such a person.

  • @masonshen1146
    @masonshen1146 6 лет назад +1

    where can get prof Dyson's cool tie?

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 5 лет назад +2

      You can try to hunt him down and force him to give it to you. Otherwise you will have to be satisfied with a replica.

  • @TomasGO85
    @TomasGO85 2 года назад +1

    Only Dyson can says that Einstein was a clown 😹😹😹😹

  • @Zweizweinull
    @Zweizweinull 2 года назад

    war is a trap bigthink prepare for more planets and thruths big love you got it

  • @shanrudra8310
    @shanrudra8310 4 года назад +2

    RIP

  • @smarajitpunaykanti6463
    @smarajitpunaykanti6463 3 года назад

    a genius without a phd . freeman dyson .RIP

  • @prithvib8662
    @prithvib8662 3 года назад

    RIP Mr.Dyson

  • @Morrphinne
    @Morrphinne 11 лет назад +2

    OMG, he look like John Forbes Nash o_O

  • @adityaraj8364
    @adityaraj8364 4 года назад

    RIP 🙏

  • @Frisbieinstein
    @Frisbieinstein 6 лет назад

    He was a STUDENT during the QM days? Good Lord. No wonder he didn't need a PhD.

  • @MrBlues113
    @MrBlues113 7 лет назад +14

    His cable gets unplugged sometimes

  • @michaeladrian2210
    @michaeladrian2210 4 года назад

    I miss hearing Freeman speak

  • @DCYTB
    @DCYTB 4 года назад +1

    Apparently Feynman was a Feyn man

  • @richardcarew2481
    @richardcarew2481 6 лет назад

    The difference between then and now is... we only do science that we can get funded for... it's a great way to only do science that is approved by our benevolent government, and/or Big Pharma... kids in the US spend an inordinate amount of time learning fractions, which are used in US measures, but not elsewhere.... I ask, and am told, constantly... it's universally thought that math is hard... our medical "doctors" are only required to have one year of undergraduate chemistry... because real chemistry requires mathematics... and math is hard.... so we have a country full of people who cannot understand simple mathematics... science requires mathematics.. science is all about measuring the Universe we live in... I am going to change a few things, given the chance.... it's like "hello World " in every programming language I know... with a twist... watch out World... here I come

    • @richardcarew2481
      @richardcarew2481 6 лет назад +1

      Which is why people think getting 15 bucks an hour will end poverty... and we now have 15 dollhair hamburgers... duh!

    • @richardcarew2481
      @richardcarew2481 6 лет назад

      Fractions are hard, I still can't do all that stuff, I divide and use decimals.. ;;~》 problem solved... because it is easy to think in decimals... every kid in America learns how to sit up straight and pay attention, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, and the teacher teaches them that math is hard... because they don't hire mathematicians as first grade teachers... so they don't understand what they're teaching... To watch a real teacher, Richard Feynman is the best... because he makes it fun... doesn't give long drawn out explanations.. short concise explanations are his forté... he also translates from metric into American... we call it the Imperial measurement system... the Brits went metric long ago... it's American... because he knows the young folks in his audience don't understand metric.... Ronald Ray-gun locked us out of the metric system by saying the little dears would be confused by learning 2 measurement systems... his Alzheimer's riddled brain leads us still... that's why everyone thinks math is hard.. fractions are.. that's all they know... after 30 years, I finally got through to my wife, who says she doesn't understand metric.. it's because she doesn't understand American either, and I kept saying... if you can count to 10 you understand metric... finally, I told her... it's like making change for a dollar... bingo... every kid in America learns that before school even... far out man!

    • @richardcarew2481
      @richardcarew2481 6 лет назад

      My father taught me calculus when I was 3.. by describing the flight of a ball as it is thrown... it included acceleration and deceleration, arcs and the tangent needed to calculate the arc... and the arc decreases over time... the laws of motion were in there... he was getting his first Master's in nuclear engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey... my son got more or less the same lecture

    • @richardcarew2481
      @richardcarew2481 6 лет назад

      He was in college level calculus in 7th grade.. he could do it all along.. it's not hard at all

  • @drbonesshow1
    @drbonesshow1 5 лет назад +1

    Einstein was somewhat ambidextrous.

  • @rawbacon
    @rawbacon 3 года назад +2

    His vacuums cost too much.

    • @Atanu
      @Atanu 3 года назад +1

      @Raw Bacon. Seriously. For such a brilliant man, I had hoped that his vacuum cleaners would be more affordable. But no. With all this brilliance, he could not produce a cheap but effective vacuum. Very, very disappointing.
      Ha ha.

  • @benquinney2
    @benquinney2 7 лет назад +1

    I,’m a bachelor

  • @AbhishekMishra-jd4bn
    @AbhishekMishra-jd4bn 3 года назад

    Young folks getting chances to learn from the giants themselves are lucky.

  • @FutureAgvbdnwBgc
    @FutureAgvbdnwBgc 4 года назад +2

    Rip

  • @Aruoski
    @Aruoski 11 лет назад +3

    Every time he paused i kept thinking the video was buffering.

  • @Toxinomist
    @Toxinomist 11 лет назад +1

    Watch Bill Burr on plastic surgery... you ll reconsider your statement.

  • @samslick9000
    @samslick9000 3 года назад

    Freeman has Yoda ears

  • @gururajdeshpande8963
    @gururajdeshpande8963 6 лет назад +5

    He was a great joker

  • @avnertishby
    @avnertishby 3 года назад

    What a waste it is to have Freeman Dyson in the room and only ask him about other people...

  • @rezomegrelidze
    @rezomegrelidze 11 лет назад

    Programming is a craft.

  • @elenakusevska6266
    @elenakusevska6266 5 лет назад +1

    "Most of which were true" :)

  • @steffen5121
    @steffen5121 7 лет назад +1

    So he was 87 back then...

    • @steffen5121
      @steffen5121 7 лет назад

      highlights 0:49, 1:18, 3:08

  • @TapabrataGhosh
    @TapabrataGhosh 8 лет назад +22

    You know, smart people can be wrong about things too...

  • @meganperreault5191
    @meganperreault5191 4 года назад +1

    sound 80 when your 40.

  • @trilokimaurya1479
    @trilokimaurya1479 6 лет назад +5

    He is nearly 90 years old you people making fun couldn't survive also for this many years leave about speaking in a video

  • @ethiesm1
    @ethiesm1 7 лет назад

    Old age is a disease, let's solve this and get on with it. What a legend

  • @rishabhkaushik22
    @rishabhkaushik22 7 лет назад +2

    He is underestimating himself. That's humble but not good for a scientist. It's going in a log, we have to make corrections now...

  • @Kenneynrg
    @Kenneynrg 3 года назад

    More coherent than Joe Biden

  • @habibullaharaphat8496
    @habibullaharaphat8496 6 лет назад

    Very misleading title.

  • @graceonfilmsnstuff
    @graceonfilmsnstuff Год назад

    "...most of which were true." 🤣

  • @fanarts5290
    @fanarts5290 6 лет назад +2

    forgot tesla??

    • @flumpyhumpy
      @flumpyhumpy 5 лет назад +4

      The internet's collective circle jerk over Nikola Tesla is as pathetic as it is sickening. The guy was noteworthy, but a long way from the likes of the QM crowd.

  • @moinmoin1293
    @moinmoin1293 11 лет назад +42

    Einstein was very intelligent, that may be true, but on the other hand he was a terrible person. Just read his biography, and you see how he treated his wife and how selfish he was. I am a physicist and i have always been fascinated by him, but as i read his biography, i was shocked....

    •  10 лет назад +71

      "Terrible person" is hyperbole. Was he perfect? No. Was he a humanist? Yes. Did he stand up for civil rights, segregation, anti-semitism, and gender discrimination? YES. Did he lead the science community in advocating nuclear disarmament during the so-called Pugwash movement after Nagasaki? YES. Did he donate his Nobel Prize money to his wife? YES. Please do not desecrate the great man considering you CLEARLY don't know much about the man.

    •  10 лет назад +17

      In fact, now I KNOW you didn't read his biography. Which one, Walter Isaacson's seminal bio, Douglas Stone's, Abraham Pais'? Im curious, b/c I know more about Einstein than most people and your comment is patently false. Ugly divorces happen but c'mon don't misrepresent the man, that's unethical. Wikipedia is NOT a citable source.

    • @moinmoin1293
      @moinmoin1293 10 лет назад

      Doruk Bıyıklı what? really? why?

    • @henrywang6931
      @henrywang6931 10 лет назад

      Doruk Bıyıklı
      ye, why dude?

    • @Ulvenok
      @Ulvenok 10 лет назад +1

      Geniuses often are very manly.

  • @Abon963
    @Abon963 Год назад

    Y