Mr. Feynman builds a Universe
- Kind
- Book Chapter
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Retrieved
- Nov 13, 2010
Part of
2 memes from this reference
Cargo Cult Science
In the Solomon Islands, as many people know, the natives didn't understand the airplanes which came down during the war and brought all kinds of goodies for the soldiers. So now they have airplane cults. They make artificial landing strips and they make fires along the landing strips to imitate the lights and this…
We Take Things for Truth When They Need to Be More Thoroughly Tested
You see the problem fo obtaining facts from experience--it sounds very, very simple. You just try it and see. But man is a weak character and it turns out to be much more difficult than you think to just try it and see. For instance, you take education. Some guy comes along and he sees the way people teach…