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  • @bigthink
    @bigthink  4 роки тому +5

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  • @lovetownsend
    @lovetownsend 7 років тому +445

    Older folks talking about their experiences is so gold

    • @ZixZone
      @ZixZone 6 років тому +2

      Especially the elderly elves.

    • @philipmason5547
      @philipmason5547 5 років тому +7

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

    • @willwarden1631
      @willwarden1631 5 років тому

      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 4 роки тому

      Especially scientists

    • @john10000ish
      @john10000ish 2 роки тому

      Gifted older folks. Mediocre ones just talk nonsense.

  • @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998
    @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998 4 роки тому +88

    RIP Freeman Dyson. He leaves behind an unforgettable legacy.

  • @Juscz
    @Juscz 9 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому +6

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

    • @davidr346
      @davidr346 6 років тому +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 6 років тому

      It's called mathematical physics.

  • @twirlipofthemists3201
    @twirlipofthemists3201 6 років тому +141

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

    • @HASHHASSIN
      @HASHHASSIN 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @NisseOhlsen
      @NisseOhlsen 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @pratiksingh1714
      @pratiksingh1714 3 роки тому

      I would watch it. Entire 5 day documentary..

  • @ailblentyn
    @ailblentyn 4 роки тому +77

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

    • @antun88
      @antun88 Рік тому

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

  • @ddorman365
    @ddorman365 7 років тому +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.

  • @SassePhoto
    @SassePhoto 5 років тому +31

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

  • @NothingMaster
    @NothingMaster 5 років тому +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 років тому +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.

  • @sabercrosby8128
    @sabercrosby8128 8 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому +4

      His work on vacuums sucked.

    • @punkisinthedetails1470
      @punkisinthedetails1470 4 роки тому

      @@jacobshirley3457 I'm also not fan.

    • @jacobshirley3457
      @jacobshirley3457 4 роки тому

      @@punkisinthedetails1470 Cool.

    • @punkisinthedetails1470
      @punkisinthedetails1470 4 роки тому

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

  • @SamSalhi
    @SamSalhi 6 років тому +4

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

  • @utulangi6078
    @utulangi6078 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @siddharthsingh4095
    @siddharthsingh4095 7 років тому +188

    He'd tell stories most of which were true 😁

    • @drbonesshow1
      @drbonesshow1 5 років тому +5

      That's the best you can do.

    • @pardismack
      @pardismack 5 років тому +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 роки тому +3

      Implying some were not.

    • @cinskybuhsrandy5099
      @cinskybuhsrandy5099 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +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

  • @WiseandVegan
    @WiseandVegan 8 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому +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 роки тому +1

      That's what I enjoyed most about his speech.

    • @Pussik
      @Pussik 3 роки тому

      Typical intj alike thinking looking from outside.

  • @CesarClouds
    @CesarClouds 2 роки тому +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.

  • @MohamedAbdin1
    @MohamedAbdin1 10 років тому +73

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

    • @DrCrowie
      @DrCrowie 7 років тому +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 років тому

      Love watching him

  • @sonicbroom6579
    @sonicbroom6579 5 років тому +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 років тому +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.

  • @manaoharsam4211
    @manaoharsam4211 5 років тому +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.

  • @tMontesJay
    @tMontesJay 5 років тому +8

    Richard Feynman was also a very good bongo player

  • @JusNuncle
    @JusNuncle 6 років тому +8

    Thank you for your contribution sir.

  • @bestoutcomes
    @bestoutcomes 5 років тому +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 UA-cam, 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.

  • @Jipzorowns
    @Jipzorowns 11 років тому +58

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

  • @Nick-pd2yo
    @Nick-pd2yo 2 роки тому +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

  • @StephenDoty84
    @StephenDoty84 10 років тому +7

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

  • @johnwagner4776
    @johnwagner4776 3 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

    • @bluemonstrosity259
      @bluemonstrosity259 2 роки тому +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

  • @xit1254
    @xit1254 7 років тому +6

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

  • @wmlincolnmd828
    @wmlincolnmd828 4 роки тому +10

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

    • @readynowforever3676
      @readynowforever3676 3 роки тому +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 роки тому

      @@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 роки тому

      @@Treviscoe Fair enough

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 3 роки тому +1

      Newton? No.

  • @Selcuk.Aytimur
    @Selcuk.Aytimur 4 роки тому +5

    Such a humble man 😍

  • @Stoicfantasy
    @Stoicfantasy 4 роки тому +8

    RIP Freeman Dyson (died 28.2.2020)

  • @evo2542
    @evo2542 Рік тому

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

  • @deckiedeckie
    @deckiedeckie 6 років тому +6

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

  • @rogersnick17
    @rogersnick17 12 днів тому

    God bless him and his brilliant mind. The beauty he's given the world, through thought, is immeasurable.

  • @manchmalpfosten8133
    @manchmalpfosten8133 8 місяців тому

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

  • @shervinanousheh3508
    @shervinanousheh3508 5 років тому +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 років тому +13

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

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 5 років тому +6

      Yes, he is.

    • @Atanu
      @Atanu 3 роки тому

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

    • @gururajdeshpande8963
      @gururajdeshpande8963 3 роки тому +1

      @@Atanu lol

  • @William.Driscoll
    @William.Driscoll 4 роки тому

    Great stuff. Thank you.

  • @rogeralsop3479
    @rogeralsop3479 Рік тому

    Excellent man.

  • @Doones51
    @Doones51 4 роки тому +11

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

  • @PurnamadaPurnamidam
    @PurnamadaPurnamidam 3 роки тому +1

    A wonderful person Mr. Dyson

  • @medievalmusiclover
    @medievalmusiclover 6 років тому

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

  • @Rico-Suave_
    @Rico-Suave_ Рік тому

    Watched all of it 0:15

  • @augustinemusoke
    @augustinemusoke 2 роки тому

    Thanks😊

  • @prakashsharma8368
    @prakashsharma8368 7 років тому +22

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

    • @SilentAdventurer
      @SilentAdventurer 6 років тому +1

      Humankind

    • @derek9153
      @derek9153 6 років тому

      Sarosh Khan Really?

    • @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998
      @yourlordandsaviouryeesusbe2998 5 років тому +1

      @@SilentAdventurer stfu

    • @SilentAdventurer
      @SilentAdventurer 5 років тому +1

      Derek Shelton yes, really.

    • @SilentAdventurer
      @SilentAdventurer 5 років тому +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...

  • @mator2339
    @mator2339 4 роки тому +4

    RIP Freeman Dyson.

  • @collinsdarkwa281
    @collinsdarkwa281 5 років тому +2

    Very interesting

  • @7grhpsyfuck272
    @7grhpsyfuck272 2 роки тому

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

  • @rkr1410
    @rkr1410 11 років тому +2

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

  • @LeandroFosque
    @LeandroFosque 9 років тому +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 років тому +2

      +Frank Zaka
      Why is this a crisis?

    • @soulscanner66
      @soulscanner66 8 років тому +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 років тому +1

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

    • @hansenchen1
      @hansenchen1 7 років тому

      +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 років тому

      climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

  • @NorceCodine
    @NorceCodine 6 років тому +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 роки тому +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.

  • @uzairhussain4856
    @uzairhussain4856 3 роки тому +1

    Feynman ♥️ feynman ♥️ feynman ♥️

  • @gibbogle
    @gibbogle Рік тому

    Dyson's nose and ears are exceptional.

  • @digxx
    @digxx 7 років тому +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 років тому +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.

  • @masonshen1146
    @masonshen1146 6 років тому +1

    where can get prof Dyson's cool tie?

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 5 років тому +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.

  • @elefader
    @elefader 11 років тому +3

    What an awesome necktie.

  • @Dalroc
    @Dalroc 11 років тому +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 років тому +2

      Dalroc maybe his body is slow

    • @Doones51
      @Doones51 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      He was like 90 years old lol.

  • @goosew3266
    @goosew3266 4 роки тому +2

    RIP old boy

  • @StephenDoty84
    @StephenDoty84 10 років тому +4

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

    • @l2ic3
      @l2ic3 9 років тому +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 років тому

      l2ic3 Aha, interesting counterpoint.

    • @andrewdeen1
      @andrewdeen1 9 років тому

      +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 років тому +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 років тому +1

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

  • @gerRule
    @gerRule 6 років тому +1

    0:44 I thought my sound went

  • @nikhilpandey2364
    @nikhilpandey2364 7 років тому +62

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

    • @Edude117
      @Edude117 7 років тому +10

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

    • @FocusMrbjarke
      @FocusMrbjarke 7 років тому

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

    • @winstoncat6785
      @winstoncat6785 7 років тому +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 років тому

      Nikhil Pandey omg

    • @MrSidney9
      @MrSidney9 6 років тому

      Lol me too!

  • @luckyirvin
    @luckyirvin 6 років тому +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 років тому +1

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

  • @zhir6465
    @zhir6465 5 років тому +2

    Who saw the ad?

  • @Zweizweinull
    @Zweizweinull 2 роки тому

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

  • @TomasGO85
    @TomasGO85 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @DavidMaurand
    @DavidMaurand 7 років тому +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.

  • @MrBlues113
    @MrBlues113 7 років тому +14

    His cable gets unplugged sometimes

  • @smarajitpunaykanti6463
    @smarajitpunaykanti6463 3 роки тому

    a genius without a phd . freeman dyson .RIP

  • @Morrphinne
    @Morrphinne 11 років тому +2

    OMG, he look like John Forbes Nash o_O

  • @prithvib8662
    @prithvib8662 3 роки тому

    RIP Mr.Dyson

  • @michaeladrian2210
    @michaeladrian2210 4 роки тому

    I miss hearing Freeman speak

  • @iunnox666
    @iunnox666 7 років тому +2

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

  • @Frisbieinstein
    @Frisbieinstein 6 років тому

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

  • @DCYTB
    @DCYTB 4 роки тому +1

    Apparently Feynman was a Feyn man

  • @adityaraj8364
    @adityaraj8364 4 роки тому

    RIP 🙏

  • @rawbacon
    @rawbacon 3 роки тому +2

    His vacuums cost too much.

    • @Atanu
      @Atanu 3 роки тому +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.

  • @shanrudra8310
    @shanrudra8310 4 роки тому +2

    RIP

  • @benquinney2
    @benquinney2 7 років тому +1

    I,’m a bachelor

  • @drbonesshow1
    @drbonesshow1 5 років тому +1

    Einstein was somewhat ambidextrous.

  • @richardcarew2481
    @richardcarew2481 6 років тому

    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 років тому +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 років тому

      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 років тому

      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 років тому

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

  • @AbhishekMishra-jd4bn
    @AbhishekMishra-jd4bn 3 роки тому

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

  • @avnertishby
    @avnertishby 3 роки тому

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

  • @samslick9000
    @samslick9000 3 роки тому

    Freeman has Yoda ears

  • @steffen5121
    @steffen5121 7 років тому +1

    So he was 87 back then...

    • @steffen5121
      @steffen5121 7 років тому

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

  • @drivingineurope2025
    @drivingineurope2025 6 років тому

    Very misleading title.

  • @fanarts5290
    @fanarts5290 6 років тому +2

    forgot tesla??

    • @flumpyhumpy
      @flumpyhumpy 5 років тому +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.

  • @Toxinomist
    @Toxinomist 11 років тому +1

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

  • @trilokimaurya1479
    @trilokimaurya1479 6 років тому +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

  • @Aruoski
    @Aruoski 11 років тому +3

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

  • @elenakusevska6266
    @elenakusevska6266 5 років тому +1

    "Most of which were true" :)

  • @rezomegrelidze
    @rezomegrelidze 11 років тому

    Programming is a craft.

  • @ethiesm1
    @ethiesm1 7 років тому

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

  • @FutureAgvbdnwBgc
    @FutureAgvbdnwBgc 4 роки тому +2

    Rip

  • @graceonfilmsnstuff
    @graceonfilmsnstuff Рік тому

    "...most of which were true." 🤣

  • @rishabhkaushik22
    @rishabhkaushik22 7 років тому +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...

  • @gururajdeshpande8963
    @gururajdeshpande8963 6 років тому +5

    He was a great joker

  • @moinmoin1293
    @moinmoin1293 11 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому +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 років тому

      Doruk Bıyıklı what? really? why?

    • @henrywang6931
      @henrywang6931 10 років тому

      Doruk Bıyıklı
      ye, why dude?

    • @Ulvenok
      @Ulvenok 10 років тому +1

      Geniuses often are very manly.

  • @TapabrataGhosh
    @TapabrataGhosh 8 років тому +22

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

  • @janosk8392
    @janosk8392 5 років тому +1

    Printed twice for luck.

  • @meganperreault5191
    @meganperreault5191 4 роки тому +1

    sound 80 when your 40.