Great Minds: Richard Feynman - The Uncertainty Of Knowledge

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @therealzilch
    @therealzilch 10 лет назад +1061

    "I don't feel frightened by not knowing things."
    Inspirational.

    • @jackpics
      @jackpics 6 лет назад +14

      No, it's not inspirational, it's nihilistic.
      I'm generally a fan of Feynman, but just dismissing greater truths or assuming that science is the end-all, be-all is not rational.

    • @tom33pr
      @tom33pr 6 лет назад +12

      @jackpics
      I've made my mind up on those matters (god, science, god vs science blah blah blah...) a long time ago.... but here... theoretically, for fun - say, I come here fresh and have to decide whether to agree with one of the greatest minds in the human history; or some random internet loser...
      And now seriously - go preach somewhere else because you are embarrassing.

    • @zerk1044
      @zerk1044 6 лет назад +9

      Its not inspirational. Stop saying every sentence of the ppl that did big things is inpirational. They r human too. And I think that sentence is wrong.

    • @brianabraham8726
      @brianabraham8726 5 лет назад +23

      @@zerk1044 I think it's very inspirational, and if inspirational is not exactly the word that describes it perfectly, it still eases me because it adresses worries that I have and it is just relaxing hearing someone (that you might be fascinated by) to be relaxed about those things. It's not rational, but relaxing though.

    • @scarfhs1
      @scarfhs1 5 лет назад +9

      @@jackpics I don't think he is doing either of the two things you think he is. He knows there are many things he doesn't know and that fact does not frighten him. He is trying to find out about the universe and if you could show him a method other than science that would get those answers and you could demonstrate that that other method weas reliable I am sure he would use it.

  • @TerraFirma556
    @TerraFirma556 12 лет назад +500

    "Doubt is an unpleasant condition, but certainty is absurd"
    -Voltaire

    • @bookopia1839
      @bookopia1839 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/yBZ-hoqRsIk/видео.html see it special for u

    • @sahadev915
      @sahadev915 4 года назад +4

      @@joebangs5616 Only if backed with great evidence mate... Extraordinary claims require extraordinaty evidences-Carl Sagan

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 4 года назад +11

      He sounds rather sure of it.

    • @robertmccabe8632
      @robertmccabe8632 2 года назад

      Can you trust an evolved monkey brain.
      Does he doubt he even exists.
      When people die; it is evidence that the "vessel is now empty", for those who have seen (it can't be unseen".
      Yah; the uncaused cause, his word made flesh, Yesus.
      Is it so hard for man to not speak and act.
      We behave; because of freewill and live with the outcome.
      To love, is a choice born out of freewill.

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      Not correct.The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

  • @cthompson5348
    @cthompson5348 4 года назад +351

    The most brilliant Feynman quote in this video: "It’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong".

    • @ingmarbohnert6543
      @ingmarbohnert6543 2 года назад +5

      I just wanted to quote this sentence, but you were first.
      Amazingly simple, but yet filled with so much truth and wisdom.

    • @joeyyc8515
      @joeyyc8515 Год назад

      But what if the science was wrong at one point in time and then it turned out to be true?

    • @goodmorningworld7768
      @goodmorningworld7768 Год назад +4

      ⁠I remember someone saying that equations and formulas is only a simple model that we try to interpret the universe, there is not really a”true”answer to the world it just turns out it works and we use it

    • @goodmorningworld7768
      @goodmorningworld7768 Год назад +2

      So science may not be true at some point but we just kinda have a model that gives us the correct answer

    • @goodmorningworld7768
      @goodmorningworld7768 Год назад +2

      I myself see science as a subject trying to replicate a complex program by a much more simple program. And we generate output to test if it works

  • @arnehanna3092
    @arnehanna3092 8 лет назад +1792

    There appears to be an orchestra playing in his kitchen.

    • @themadcap1898
      @themadcap1898 8 лет назад +8

      lmao😳😁😂😂😜

    • @ikmarchini
      @ikmarchini 8 лет назад +20

      Would that it were. It's midi synthesizer computer generated. And saccharine.

    • @chrisyorke3013
      @chrisyorke3013 6 лет назад +18

      Excuse me, sir, before we continue, I must go and turn off the radio. At least, it's not hillbilly hour.

    • @geethakochukunju3757
      @geethakochukunju3757 5 лет назад +7

      That's actually a song mixed in during post production, i don't think an orchestra would even fit inside a kitchen

    • @CalumnMcAulay
      @CalumnMcAulay 5 лет назад +5

      lol very funny

  • @shandesofgreen
    @shandesofgreen 9 лет назад +2010

    Dude. Toss the music. Professor Feynman does not need background music. His words resonate reasoning. When you have such a high caliber intellectual speak and have background 'fill' music it cheapens the experience.

    • @gregparrott
      @gregparrott 9 лет назад +20

      +Anthony Guzman I was going to make the same comment, but yours is more succinct.

    • @yakojjy
      @yakojjy 8 лет назад +12

      +Anthony Guzman It was probably added to avoid copyright detection.

    • @gregparrott
      @gregparrott 8 лет назад +13

      +Wilbur Jenkins I question your rationale for music....
      1) I've seen this clip elsewhere, and without music.
      2) There are plenty of Feynman videos on a myriad of channels and none of them have music. Why would this one be unique?
      3) I doubt adding music does any more to nullify a copyright issue than does adding static or slightly altering the playback speed.

    • @yakojjy
      @yakojjy 8 лет назад +9

      Gregory Parrott Well if that is the case. Maybe the uploader just wanted to add music to be a little creative, instead of uploading yet another unedited version. And if you can find the original video else where, then why does it even matter?
      He could have auto tuned it into a dub step song. Which would just be adding a different level of creativeness/art/personal touch to it.
      Don't get me wrong, I find it a little annoying as well. Just not as much as the comments reaction.
      And yes altering some diagnostics of the video do help avoid automated copyright detection ( or at least used to).
      This is why you see some channels play videos with boarders or in little Tvs. Full movies are usually mirrored images. And audio is slowed down or sped up a fraction.
      Might be more advanced now, youtube probably caught on.

    • @bonhamhouse1169
      @bonhamhouse1169 7 лет назад +5

      And what a Fine Man he is.

  • @rosh70
    @rosh70 4 года назад +144

    Everytime I listen to Richard Feynman, I'm mesmerized by his intellect, reasoning and eloquence. This guy is GOLD! Pity he left this planet too early.

    • @nobeliumnobe
      @nobeliumnobe 2 года назад +4

      He was 80. Certainly people live longer but 80 seems to be a very decent age to leave.

    • @Tarvos89
      @Tarvos89 2 года назад +8

      @@nobeliumnobe @ 70…

    • @nobeliumnobe
      @nobeliumnobe 2 года назад +8

      @@Tarvos89 You are correct. I had seen something that stated he was born in 1908 but that appears to be in error. Thank you for the correction!

    • @jessewoody5772
      @jessewoody5772 2 года назад +2

      His words make you feel "connected" much like a Mother's wisdom.

    • @pasrachilli
      @pasrachilli Год назад +3

      Had he lived to 1000, he'd have died too early.

  • @daithiocinnsealach1982
    @daithiocinnsealach1982 5 лет назад +225

    "I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing, than to have answers which might be wrong."

    • @Astra20284
      @Astra20284 4 года назад +2

      But when you start searching for truth, then it will come to you. I am his fan but i don't agree with him at this point. We have purpose in this universe. Some one create us and we will return to him. This is the truth which you cannot deny. The one which help others and facilitate the society, is the one better among us. "What is wrong with you? Why do you not help each other? " Quran 37:25

    • @asumelisadesteli5520
      @asumelisadesteli5520 4 года назад +8

      @@Astra20284 bull shit...how are you sure of it? how can you be sure of smth that can not be proved??? you can believe it but you can not insist cos its not proven.. with such a mentality you are watching feynmann .... thats what I find intersting

    • @signsnycmetalletterslogosc6134
      @signsnycmetalletterslogosc6134 4 года назад +1

      @@Astra20284 Salamun Alaykum, you are right because of your faith (iman). But don't be surprised if Mr. Feyman is a great man in God's eyes because what appears to be faithless to you is actually a very high level of wisdom. To say that this universe has no purpose is perhaps much closer to the worldview of the Quran. If God did everything with a reason, then this would be very boring and uninteresting. But God says He did not create everything in vain! So that means He created everything out of pure joy, fun, bliss, happiness (this is true creativity). Creativity implies purposeless fun. think about this.

    • @Astra20284
      @Astra20284 4 года назад

      @@asumelisadesteli5520 In "Beautiful mind" movie when john nash asked alicia, that I need some proof for love. Alicia told her how big is the universe? John replied "infinite". Then alicia replied how you know that? Do you have any proof? And then she said that's same with love. Look my point is, not everything need proof. You have to use your own senses. When you study islam in depth you will be amaze by the process how God created this universe. I can share some books with you if you like.

    • @ghostrobofan9676
      @ghostrobofan9676 4 года назад +1

      @@Astra20284 Salamualaikum, it would be fanatastic if you could share those books with me. I'm quite interested.

  • @JohnHill
    @JohnHill 9 лет назад +594

    He's exactly like I imagined he would be like after reading his book

    • @19673475
      @19673475 7 лет назад +5

      which book?

    • @felipeschieber2408
      @felipeschieber2408 7 лет назад +28

      I guess it is "Surely You Are Joking Mr. Feynman". Awesome book.

    • @preenan5123
      @preenan5123 5 лет назад

      The book is afaik his conversations with his close friends.

    • @preenan5123
      @preenan5123 5 лет назад

      *friend

    • @antonbarkland2194
      @antonbarkland2194 5 лет назад +4

      @@felipeschieber2408 I have to check that book out :)

  • @colourmegone
    @colourmegone 14 лет назад +108

    One of my favourite Feynman quotes comes from lecture he gave to a science class. It was a brief segment of a documentary about his life and work but it has stuck with me ever since. "In science", he said vehemently, "you only ever know if you're wrong!". The class burst out laughing but he was deadly serious.

    • @Ana_crusis
      @Ana_crusis 2 года назад +5

      All scientists know this...

    • @topdog5252
      @topdog5252 2 года назад +11

      This is a most fundamental truth of science.

    • @irenehartlmayr8369
      @irenehartlmayr8369 2 года назад +3

      And sometimes,the " wrong " assumptions or things turned out to be right after all,in the end....!

    • @Dr_Wrong
      @Dr_Wrong Год назад

      Science is *_always_* wrong..
      It's just less wrong than everything else..

    • @artchem1
      @artchem1 Год назад +2

      I remember that lecture . I've studied Science in college. Chemistry and Physics . He was my inspiration to remind my students; always ask questions, for this will take you to your next question. Thank you for your Wonderful, heartwarming c9mment 🌟☄🇬🇧

  • @rays2794
    @rays2794 4 года назад +42

    I love listening to this guy! A gift to humanity.

  • @AbhikChakraborty1
    @AbhikChakraborty1 Год назад +22

    "It's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong."
    - Richard Feynman

  • @willo7734
    @willo7734 Год назад +5

    The world needs many more like Mr. Feynman.

  • @Muse060558
    @Muse060558 12 лет назад +23

    I'm a Christian but there is a lot to admire in this man's agnosticism. He had the spirit of a true poet as exemplified by the poem/equation he wrote after his first wife died. "I love my wife - my wife is dead." He loved her against all common sense and what was good for him, even after she had died. Takes a lot of courage to be a Richard Feynman.

    • @ricksmith1382
      @ricksmith1382 8 месяцев назад

      Stop your christian beliefs or any another religious beliefs. Learn what works. You will much further ahead. Takes courage to be Richard Feynman? I admire him. It takes a brilliant man to be Richard Feynman.

    • @MrTriple3D
      @MrTriple3D 7 месяцев назад

      @@ricksmith1382 god exists, whether that's the christian god or any other god i don't know, but there can't have been "nothing" before the big bang. and if before the big bang it was the heat death of the previous universe then that still doesn't explain why we're here in the first place. and you know with the discovery about multiple dimensions it could be argued that time is the 4th dimension and that god is a 5th dimensional being. maybe it's even deeper than that and there's infinite dimensions and god exists outside of that, i don't know all i'm saying is that just throwing away all religions because "muh science" is dumb

    • @bblluurr
      @bblluurr 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@ricksmith1382in other words, you trying to convince him to be a positivist. Well, I'm not sure if that is the best answer for everyone

    • @isohel9889
      @isohel9889 2 месяца назад

      ​@@ricksmith1382 You can't tell people what to do Rick, it's volitional

  • @AndrewUnruh
    @AndrewUnruh 4 года назад +15

    Love how he could think so abstractly and yet keep his feet so firmly rooted in the ground.

    • @MikhailFederov
      @MikhailFederov Год назад

      The ability to abstract is one of the most important signifiers of intelligence. The opposite side, you’ll often see the dumbest of our society rebute points by saying things like “well, not ALL x are y”

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      How many abstract artists does it take to change a lightbulb? A fish..The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

    • @bthomson
      @bthomson Год назад

      Maybe not so rooted? Upon arriving to the campus of Cornell in November? He had no idea where to go so he lay down in a pile of leaves to wait out the night.
      Luckily a Security guard came along and remedied the situation!

  • @spudhead169
    @spudhead169 5 лет назад +43

    "I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things. But I'm not absolutely sure about anything."
    Pretty much the definition of a good scientist.

    • @kazioo2
      @kazioo2 2 года назад +2

      Especially important quote in the age of extreme arrogance of many experts in their fields.

    • @Dr_Wrong
      @Dr_Wrong Год назад

      Knowledge is boredom..

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      We are here to seek the Divine. The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

  • @gavintoohey6604
    @gavintoohey6604 4 года назад +17

    As a student, I tend to worry about all the things I don't know. Instead I should embrace the unknown as Feynman does. Thank you so much for this cool video.

    • @SteEle3009
      @SteEle3009 Месяц назад

      Try reading some of his llectures. His subtle mood will help you definitely through the study time.

  • @rick17345
    @rick17345 Год назад +11

    This man, along with Carl Sagan and a few more people, is succeeding in the impossible task of making me enjoy physics, my everlasting nightmare back in high school!

  • @robinkumar8128
    @robinkumar8128 2 года назад +5

    The pleasure of finding things and not feeling frightened of not knowing things , thanks for sharing this .

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      It is impossible to fear the unknown. The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

  • @ChristopherSykesDocumentaries
    @ChristopherSykesDocumentaries 8 лет назад +643

    As the producer of the BBC Horizon film from which this is taken (The Pleasure of Finding Things Out) I would appreciate it if you did what other Commenters have suggested, which is to remove the music. It's one thing to post material for which you do not have permission but quite another to mess about with the original, don't you think?

    • @HipsterBane69
      @HipsterBane69 8 лет назад +17

      +Christopher Sykes It's trans formative he doesn't need permission because it's arguably fair use by building upon the original.

    • @allnamesaretakenb4
      @allnamesaretakenb4 8 лет назад +60

      Did you hear a "swooosh" sound as Sykes point went above your head?

    • @HipsterBane69
      @HipsterBane69 8 лет назад +7

      i heard the sound of you necroing a dead thread that no one cares about

    • @allnamesaretakenb4
      @allnamesaretakenb4 8 лет назад +17

      +KING JVR and you would recognize the sound from when you commented months after his comment, exactly the same time period as my comment. Math, proving peoples stupidity for ages.

    • @mousehead2000
      @mousehead2000 8 лет назад +25

      the only music I heard was the music of Feynman's words.

  • @vivekpurohit0408
    @vivekpurohit0408 5 лет назад +1

    Fabulous ! Tolerance of doubt is what separates a man of science from any ordinary human being. That's the strength of reason, rationality & objectivity ! Take that away & you need nothing to stop superstitions & blind faith from ruining this marvelous creation of nature, the human being !!

    • @himanshusehra7484
      @himanshusehra7484 5 лет назад

      If today's government be able to understand these deep knowledge, science and technology imagine how far India can grow

  • @Abhishek-hy8xe
    @Abhishek-hy8xe 5 лет назад +37

    " We shouldn't predecide what we are trying to find , instead just go and find more about it. "

    • @PrashantKumar-nz6ih
      @PrashantKumar-nz6ih 4 года назад

      If you don't know what to find, then you are searching in vain.

    • @renatoh.santosdasilva3080
      @renatoh.santosdasilva3080 4 года назад +2

      @@PrashantKumar-nz6ih if you knew wjat to find, you wouldn't research, would you? I don't think you quite understood what Feynman meant.
      He meant that we should not, as scientists, be so certaun that our assumptions are true and that our theories are going to be the best ones, so we don't poison our research/way of thinking and end up trying to validate ur theories without evidence, like a detective that wants so bad to solve and close a case, that he sees himself going over evidences and logic to suztain his broken theory. Because not matter how good and pretty your theory MIGHT seem, if it doesn't hold, you gotta throw away its aspects that don't hold up to observatoon and experimental data,take what can still be useful, and start again.
      Well that's what I make of it. Would like to know what you think.
      Thanks.

    • @PrashantKumar-nz6ih
      @PrashantKumar-nz6ih 4 года назад +1

      @@renatoh.santosdasilva3080 yes bro you are right. I agree with you. One must try to see nature as it is, not from his own perceptions or assumptions.

    • @michaelstearnesstearnes1498
      @michaelstearnesstearnes1498 3 года назад

      @@renatoh.santosdasilva3080 Sabine Hossenfelder's book "Lost in Math" supports your comments very nicely. A most worthy read.

    • @xgermhauer1416
      @xgermhauer1416 2 года назад +1

      @@PrashantKumar-nz6ih sorry, but i disagree
      if you are searching for something special you might go astray
      once we had to measure the heat capacitiy of water.
      we got 4.2 as result and were desperate and looking for the error again and again,
      but we found nothing. we believed the result has to be one or ten.
      at last we went to the assistent, told him we got 4.2 and did not know were we went wrong.
      first he was incredulous, but for another reason.
      then he lead us to the error: we were thinking in calories, but measured in joule,
      so for the primitive experimental setup it was a very very good result,
      just by not knowing what it would be.

  • @ricksmith1382
    @ricksmith1382 8 месяцев назад +2

    Wish Richard was still with us. We need more Richard Feynman's.

  • @williamlee9669
    @williamlee9669 4 года назад +49

    somebody: you can't talk like everything you said is a quote
    me: come here let me show you something...

    • @jackhodari8267
      @jackhodari8267 4 года назад +1

      They cut and pasted some of his quotes together

  • @hrithikmudaliar1320
    @hrithikmudaliar1320 2 года назад +4

    whenever I feel not okay i listen to this video and somehow it makes me feel calm i wished i had the chance to experience his wonderful lectures

  • @seesnap
    @seesnap 5 лет назад +18

    “Never doubt the thinking
    Believer as he won’t doubt his own thoughts”.
    Inspirational

  • @michaelhoward7009
    @michaelhoward7009 5 лет назад

    Charlie Parker-Byron-Michalangelo-Bob Dylan-Bach etc..and Feynman: touched by a different sauce. TY RF-very moving. Your presence lives on in all humanists for eternity.

  • @zagyex
    @zagyex 9 лет назад +496

    hate when such videos have romantic music.

    • @Colosphonium
      @Colosphonium 9 лет назад +7

      its for people that wishes life was a movie. i writte such music, but certainly would putnut over real life event

    • @ExcitingBob
      @ExcitingBob 9 лет назад +14

      +zagyex
      was about to post the same thing. The words are brilliant enough, we don't need emotive music to tell us what to think.

    • @RogerBarraud
      @RogerBarraud 6 лет назад +1

      +Colosphonium
      Awwww I dunno.... your 'symphony for a toe-stubbing' is pretty apt for the purpose...
      #Owee

    • @gerardornell4607
      @gerardornell4607 5 лет назад +1

      Try 'Time' by Hans Zimmer with this. The combination is beyond beautiful

    • @hrahmani5738
      @hrahmani5738 5 лет назад

      hate is not the solution

  • @abiriax
    @abiriax 14 лет назад

    It's inspiring and beautiful, I hope that people understand that many concepts Feynman presents here are not unique and are somewhat timeless human concepts and it only holds back his point to have a rabid athesit (or irrational polytheistic) preconceptions will only harm an individuals own growth in knowledge and understanding and add ugliness to what is and should remain a beautiful pursuit.

  • @AndroidGamingrepublic555
    @AndroidGamingrepublic555 5 лет назад +38

    I haven't seen a greater mathematician, I haven't seen a greater physicst, I haven't seen a greater thinker.. Feynman hats off🌳🌲🌳

    • @Dr_Wrong
      @Dr_Wrong Год назад +1

      I haven't seen him..

  • @vintnerrr
    @vintnerrr Год назад +1

    People should be like him, not frightened of not knowing the answers than knowing the wrong ones and believing it to be true! I think I follow his way of thinking which is doubting and questioning the very fundamentals or the so called rotten or stale theories. It takes courage to say you don’t know anything or you’ll die knowing nothing.

    • @aiya5777
      @aiya5777 Год назад

      the guy was just too obsessed with peeling onions for eternity lol what a waste of time
      don't be a loser like him, you should try to guess what you're gonna have in a mangosteen without peeling it away whatsoever
      it's obvious that onions aren't the only relevant fruits that we have

  • @lungustefanWOT
    @lungustefanWOT 7 лет назад +22

    I have a picture of him on the wall of my bedroom.
    My respect for him is immense, just because of this video. I don't even have to invoke his discoveries in quantum electrodynamics to crush all critics. His thoughts value more than all the thoughts of all theologians and ordinary people.

    • @southerncross4956
      @southerncross4956 2 года назад

      Are you right about “the thoughts of all theologians and ordinary people”? So you hint that you are not ordinary but extraordinary, at least to yourself and maybe your mom.

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      Is he nude? The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

  • @Draxis32
    @Draxis32 12 лет назад +1

    This man is truly one of the main foundations of Science, if we ever develop ourselfs as a structualy intelectual society that are free from the diseases of the humans that we still painfully see today, he is going to be studied as our Socrates of the 20th century.

  • @BelieveNoGod
    @BelieveNoGod 14 лет назад +5

    I love this interview. He's humble, and admit that even with all his knowledge, he don't know 'anything'. And he's not afraid of it. "I think it's much more interesting"
    One of his lines from this interview that we didn't hear in this clip.

    • @mlhesler68
      @mlhesler68 3 года назад

      Humble like Einstein but don't challenge them on their theories or you will see the lion come out.

  • @KamranRazvan
    @KamranRazvan 4 года назад

    What fascinates me.. simply baffles me.. & makes me wonder in this world.. is how can someone gives this video a thumbs down! That baffles me..

  • @hamairfan
    @hamairfan 6 лет назад +3

    A great Choice of music. and this video still shakes the core out of me whenever I remember it.

  • @davesundra
    @davesundra 7 лет назад

    What a speech ....if only every human being on this earth could think like you sir ,world would be a peaceful place to live in.....truly !!

  • @ysgol3
    @ysgol3 3 года назад +6

    Wow, I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to discover these wonderful words from this amazing man.

  • @artchem1
    @artchem1 Год назад

    Thank you Dr Rich Feynman, curiosity in thr knowledge of the Universe, is very well expressed. I've read your Books, listened to your Lectures & still find you absolutely Brilliant. I always wanted to meet you , just to say Thank you , for your work in Quantum Physics, Quantum Mechanics! . 💔♥️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟☄☄☄☄☄✨🕯✡🇬🇧

  • @goransenjanovic3608
    @goransenjanovic3608 4 года назад +32

    Beautiful summary of a great physicist, that inspired many of us. I am a theoretical physicist and my own approach to elementary particle physics owes a lot to him. Please correct his date of birth, it is 1918, not 1908.

    • @artchem1
      @artchem1 Год назад

      Thank you, I realised his Date of Birth was incorrect, as well. I admire this genius of a man; as it appears he was rather a Mentor to you in your early years . Fascinating. ☄🕯🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇬🇧💔

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

  • @jimperry4108
    @jimperry4108 4 года назад

    Agreed about the music. Amazing that all you need to know to start your journey is said within 90 seconds.

  • @militantpacifist4087
    @militantpacifist4087 6 лет назад +111

    “Nature is there and she’s gonna come out” - Richard Feynman. 🌚

  • @mitchclark1532
    @mitchclark1532 6 лет назад

    I've seen a lot of Feynman clips but none that showcase his greatness like this one.
    "I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things. But I'm not absolutely sure of anything, and there are many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we're here, and what the question might mean. I might think about it a little bit; if I can't figure it out, then I go onto something else. But I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell"
    Perfect

  • @Happyyz
    @Happyyz 11 лет назад +4

    I loved the sparkling vision in his eyes when his Genius saying "Lost in mysterious Universe..."

  • @colinjava8447
    @colinjava8447 6 лет назад +1

    Could listen to him talk for hours, such an inspirational man.

  • @jo8980
    @jo8980 4 года назад +23

    Man is no one gonna comment on the fact that this dude got Richard Feynman's year of birth wrong. 1918 not 1908 dude!

  • @Ahzdiosh
    @Ahzdiosh Год назад +2

    He was a great philosopher because, not only did he have a great understanding of the universe, but also a great understanding of the human perspective of it.

  • @kalgstol
    @kalgstol 5 лет назад +58

    "I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."
    Richard Phillips Feynman

    • @saidalas7763
      @saidalas7763 3 года назад +1

      Aubrey de Grey: we will fikth ayedthing tho everybody will have a t-thoith, when do they want to die

  • @Shoonya_3
    @Shoonya_3 3 года назад +1

    Only few can reach the state of not knowing through knowledge. The secret of universe can be known only by not knowing. This sense of not knowing which we all have neglected. The bliss of truth comes out of this if we are ready to accept it's presence.

  • @eldjoudhi
    @eldjoudhi 5 лет назад +5

    Brilliantly brilliant!!
    He put in indirectly and in a few words the wittgensteinian "paradox of the (flawed) amazement in front of the universe's existence"

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

  • @piazzalungaut
    @piazzalungaut 6 лет назад

    What a joy is to hear these words again

  • @jda379
    @jda379 14 лет назад +4

    "I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong." - Simple brilliance.

  • @АлександрЮсько-у2д
    @АлександрЮсько-у2д 4 года назад

    Why did I cry? And why is his smile so kind!!!

  • @thejils1669
    @thejils1669 5 лет назад +4

    Here's something to ponder: because of the "incompleteness" of our sentience, there are things that we THINK we know that are absolutely wrong, no matter how infinitesimal of importance these things are.

  • @devawratvidhate9093
    @devawratvidhate9093 7 лет назад +1

    how passionate , curious and energetic he was at that age of his life ....I am really amazed what a genius
    I am just 25 I cant feel that way .....

  • @lauragriffin6512
    @lauragriffin6512 8 лет назад +6

    LOVE this man's perspective!!!!

  • @likable72
    @likable72 Год назад

    Simple extra-ordinaire . Curiosity of nature , doubts, uncertainties and things we don’t know - I cried .

  • @hwago123
    @hwago123 4 года назад +39

    Ah yes, I remember this, the speech Feynman gave just before he lead his men into battle. The music is fitting.

  • @AnAllAroundPlayerMaker
    @AnAllAroundPlayerMaker Год назад +1

    He is one of my inspirations to become a physics researcher. Got my bachelors and masters in physics. Now, I am on the verge of quitting. I don't blame anyone but myself.

  • @AgatanFnd
    @AgatanFnd 8 лет назад +13

    Thank you for this great video

  • @MrAbhimannue
    @MrAbhimannue 13 лет назад

    Feynman's enthusiasm is so beautiful to behold

  • @salthesadmanshark5645
    @salthesadmanshark5645 5 лет назад +5

    "I think its much more interesting to live not knowing than to live knowing something that might be wrong"
    Richard Feynman

  • @charlesbromberick4247
    @charlesbromberick4247 2 года назад +1

    One of Feynmann´s best moments, in my opinion.

  • @jaskoe1
    @jaskoe1 8 лет назад +222

    I can't believe the music bothered so many people! I didn't even notice it until I started reading all the comments.

    • @bkrharold
      @bkrharold 7 лет назад +12

      Right? I didn't notice it at all, I was so engrossed in what he was saying

    • @sanjeevm
      @sanjeevm 6 лет назад +1

      #MeToo

    • @EmiTheLoomistar
      @EmiTheLoomistar 6 лет назад +9

      Little Cry Babies that get triggered for a little nuisance instead of apreciating Mr. Feynman

    • @pr1m3r
      @pr1m3r 5 лет назад

      Yeah exactly

    • @andik70
      @andik70 5 лет назад

      try it with headphones on. The music is very prominent (at least to me) then.

  • @asencyel
    @asencyel 5 лет назад

    so bizarre watching this video which was recorded many many years ago and find out ones self sharing the same views with this legend about uncertainty and how it sets human conciousness free and all thats left is absolute openness to any probability in this universe. salute my friend.

  • @abhinavkumar8316
    @abhinavkumar8316 6 лет назад +4

    ''I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing, I think its much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answer which might be wrong.'' Height of intellectuality..I salute you..

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Год назад

      Silly. The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering..............Falun Dafa

  • @hansvetter8653
    @hansvetter8653 5 лет назад +1

    "I can live with doubt & uncertainty ... It does'nt frightend me ... (!)" ... what a man, what a great physicist! Dear Prof. Feynman, we miss you badly!

  • @csadler
    @csadler 4 года назад +4

    I don't have a lot of heros, but this man is one.

  • @paulwheeler6609
    @paulwheeler6609 Год назад

    Well put. He hints at our problem. We have confused science with scientism. We declare the use of science at all costs, as if science is our only frame of reference. Whatever problems we have now will not be solved by science. They are a problem of perception. We use science as an enabler to avoid looking at our own failing belief system. Mystery is important. In fact, it's unavoidable.

  • @soumenb22
    @soumenb22 7 лет назад +8

    What a statement: _I know it would be much more interesting without knowing than have answers which might be wrong_

  • @semiquantitatively
    @semiquantitatively 2 года назад

    "But whatever way it comes out -- nature is there and she's going to come out the way she is! And therefore when we go to investigate it, we shouldn't pre-decide what it is we're trying to do except to find out more about it"
    This idea is the real conscience of science. GOAT

  • @Crispz1
    @Crispz1 10 лет назад +4

    There's a typo in the text of the video, it says 1908-1988 however Feynman was born in 1918

  • @kenn743
    @kenn743 Год назад +1

    "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."

  • @junkevin
    @junkevin 10 лет назад +5

    Got dayum. That star wars music gets to me every time.

  • @Dreamer151-h3q
    @Dreamer151-h3q Год назад +1

    Never heard of this man before. Thanks for sharing.

    • @DColcla
      @DColcla Год назад +1

      Oh, what profound and delightful knowledge and insight awaits you should you follow down the Richard Feynman rabbit hole……

    • @ricksmith1382
      @ricksmith1382 8 месяцев назад

      Now is a great time to get to know of his accomplishments.

  • @garrethheidt9136
    @garrethheidt9136 10 месяцев назад +6

    Please take the music away. Do we really need that? The words are symphony themselves...

  • @pavelsulc2617
    @pavelsulc2617 2 года назад

    yes it seems to me that his mind is completely open. I think many of us have had a moment, a brief flash, enlightenment, or enlightenment in dealing with a situation. I would say that in this light, in this glow of insight, he found himself very often, if not permanently.

  • @bundeligafan
    @bundeligafan 9 лет назад +16

    one of my life role models

    • @sayedelghairb8640
      @sayedelghairb8640 6 лет назад

      Maybe if you still like this, you will be his partners in hell !

    • @joeytribbiani34
      @joeytribbiani34 6 лет назад +2

      Sayed Elghairb Found the crazy guy.

  • @jackster1212
    @jackster1212 4 года назад

    I studied classical lit and philosophy in graduate school. And I went into it seeking answers. By the time I was finished, I'd realized that -- though now equipped with some of the most important and complex insights of the Western Canon -- I still had so many more questions. And that, it turned out, was okay. The desire to pursue knowledge is inescapable, fortunately. But the full acquisition of it is destined to elude us. We are designed to be uncertain. And that's okay. I think that's exactly what Feynman is saying here, and I'm relieved to hear him confirm it.

  • @signalrepeater
    @signalrepeater 6 лет назад +4

    I can live with uncertainty and not knowing, that would be much more interesting ......than having answers that might be wrong.

  • @AlaKareem
    @AlaKareem 5 лет назад

    Feynman videos always raise my vibrations

  • @zolnsalt
    @zolnsalt 9 лет назад +5

    To be honest I didn't even hear the music until it was brought up lol...I was so engulfed listening to his words it drowned out everything else...

  • @siddhanasri9238
    @siddhanasri9238 4 года назад

    hope we have more of these gems be born every year to enlighten us for generations to come.

  • @mrpregnant
    @mrpregnant 10 лет назад +4

    Richard Feynman is a magnificent orator when it comes to quantum mechanics; primarily using metaphors and analogies instead of physics jargon, so to masses can comprehend the ambiguity, uncertainty and unpredictability of the quantum world. I've been reading up a-lot on quantum entanglement, the complementarity principle and the theory of uncertainty. The schrodinger's cat experiment is an intriguing analogy to explain the superposition paradox between particles.

    • @theoryofpat
      @theoryofpat 9 лет назад

      Mr Pregnant - Atelston Fitzgerald Holder 1st That's easy for you to say. ;-) As a non-scientist but devoted groupie, I appreciate simple simon explanations, except from simpletons, of course - ha ha. I loved reading your blast of, I guess what you call, physics jargon, in the midst of all this love chatter. Made me pay attention and made me chuckle.

  • @ramandeepramandeep2559
    @ramandeepramandeep2559 5 лет назад

    This man was Simply Simply Simply Genius.....a precious gift of nature to humanity

  • @zingerzat
    @zingerzat Год назад +3

    I've always loved Feynman. please don't ruin his words with sappy music.

  • @theoryofpat
    @theoryofpat 9 лет назад

    These words to me are a sweet, sweet song I've been humming but never heard the lyrics till now. Appreciation abounds

  • @AlexGtheDon
    @AlexGtheDon 10 лет назад +27

    Feynman was a genius.

  • @davesundra
    @davesundra 5 лет назад

    Just to digest what he said in this video requires a lot knowledge ....
    You need a certain level intellectual capacity to what this genius was saying ....
    Amazing speech sir ...
    We love you
    We miss you
    In every generation ...there’s always a few brilliant individuals ...change the world with their scientific discoveries ..
    Dr Feynman happen to be one ...of them !

  • @meeehc
    @meeehc 10 лет назад +83

    the first thing that you notice about Faynman is that he is a person. First a person, second scientist. He is unusual in many ways: thankful, smiling, strong, convincing....if I was a girl.....ok I will stop now...

  • @DrLumpyDMus
    @DrLumpyDMus 4 года назад

    "It doesn't frighten me"...Thanks Dr Feynman

  • @emineakpnar6215
    @emineakpnar6215 7 лет назад +3

    I love him very much. He is very intelligent. A genius!! I wantto a physicist like him :))

  • @LeadSalad99
    @LeadSalad99 3 года назад

    I've only recently come across this man Richard Feynman but I have quickly fallen in love with his mind. What a great mind 😃

  • @The268170
    @The268170 5 лет назад +6

    That music makes me all teary eyed and makes me wanna kiss somebody. I'm sure Feynman said some things that were very interesting too, but I wasn't paying attention..

  • @dragonuv620
    @dragonuv620 4 года назад

    I think it is much more interesting to be uncertain and not knowing rather than to have wrong answers. Wow. Incredible.

  • @anthonymoore5236
    @anthonymoore5236 5 лет назад +3

    a one off a truly fantastic man so intelligent and so right. could teach anyone anything he wants one of the greatest ever

  • @PoetlaureateNFDL
    @PoetlaureateNFDL 13 лет назад +1

    I really like Richard's attitude toward life. What a wonderful man.

  • @Tracy_AC
    @Tracy_AC 7 лет назад +33

    Why are so many people complaining about the music? Why were you listening to the music? HOW were you? Richard Feynman was talking!

  • @williamjc7195
    @williamjc7195 4 года назад

    I like the music!!! sets a mood.

  • @7Earthsky
    @7Earthsky 11 лет назад +50

    Love the guy but lose the cheesy background music. It stands very well without it.

  • @nealrothchild3470
    @nealrothchild3470 6 лет назад

    Not knowing and uncertainty...I wish I could share in this wisdom from the great Feymann. Of course he's right, but that dosn't make me feel any better. We want to, and I want to, manipulate our world around us. So we can find solutions and answers to deal with our challenges. To solve the riddles of Medicine and uneven distribution of wealth. To solve the meaning of who and how gets what where and when, to understanding why our world is the way it is. But apparently, these are all questions we were never intended to fully know and uncertainty rules all that is around us. Hopefully someday I too will come to ease with this notion, but until that day comes, I endeavor to endeavor.