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Offline Super Dude

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The difference between knowing a name and knowing something
« on: June 21, 2011, 05:32:14 AM »
I thought this video was pretty profound, just a minute-long excerpt from an interview of this guy R.P. Feynman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D05WS0WN7zMQ
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Re: The difference between knowing a name and knowing something
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 06:29:52 AM »
Richard Feynman is one of the finest dudes to ever live.
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Re: The difference between knowing a name and knowing something
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2011, 10:49:52 AM »
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Re: The difference between knowing a name and knowing something
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2011, 10:56:44 AM »
I like his take on the algebra one (shocker).
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Re: The difference between knowing a name and knowing something
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2011, 11:08:40 AM »
I always forget the names of things, but know exactly how they work. I find this very often to be true for me in Math and Psychology. I forget the name of a principle, theory or mental disorder. However, I can completely describe it, how it works, what it does, how it can be used, the affects it has on our society, etc. Is that normal?
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Re: The difference between knowing a name and knowing something
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2011, 12:18:53 PM »
Good clip. His perspective is pretty refreshing.
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Re: The difference between knowing a name and knowing something
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 01:49:16 PM »
Posting for Feynman recognition.  My favorite of his material is on "Cargo Cult Science".

"One time I  sat down in a bath where there was a beautiful girl sitting
with a guy who didn't  seem to know her. Right  away I began thinking, "Gee!
How am I gonna get started talking to this beautiful nude babe?"
     I'm trying to figure out what to  say, when the  guy says to her, "I'm,
uh, studying massage. Could I practice on you?"
     "Sure,"  she says. They  get out  of the bath and  she  lies down on  a
massage table nearby.
     I think  to myself, "What a nifty  line! I  can never think of anything
like that!" He  starts to rub her big toe. "I think I feel it," he  says. "I
feel a kind of dent -- is that the pituitary?"
     I blurt out, "You're a helluva long way from the pituitary, man!"
     They looked at me, horrified -- I had blown my cover -- and said, "It's
reflexology!"
     I quickly closed my eyes and appeared to be meditating."
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