David Damerell said:
This is tosh; and a particularly unpleasant attack on Feynman which is utterly unjustified.
Not at all, Feyman was accurate with his use of words but he was also a committer of the Sin of
Galileo (see for example Gribbin's biography of Feynman). He and many other leading physicists
subscribe(d) to the idea of "beauty" in theories. Another great physicist, Dirac for example said
"The research worker, in his effort to express the fundamental laws of Nature in mathematical form
should strive mainly for mathematical beauty. It often happens that the requirements of simplicity
and beauty are the same, but where they clash the latter must take precedence"
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:(Quantum Mechanics)
... which you actually understand nothing about, I see.
Is the right answer - I know because Feynman told me so in the opening to his book "QED, The Strange
Theory of Light and Matter"
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Ah, you think The Matrix was meaningful. Now I understand.
No, enjoyable although it has quite a strong philosophical underpinning. If you don't like the
Matrix as an example of "What if life is all just a dream" try the history of philosophy starting
with Descartes.
Tony
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