Richard Feynman

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Richard Feynman is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between July 21, 2023 and July 19, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “I’m reminded of the story of Richard Feynman in academia”; “Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (120,000 = 0.24 Chomskys)“. It most often appears alongside Japanese, 2008 Financial Crisis, 2023 book review contest.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: July 21, 2023
  • Last seen: July 19, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

July 21, 2023 · Original source
I’m reminded of the story of Richard Feynman in academia6. His colleagues who kept their office doors closed made progress on their research in the short-term, but hit stumbling blocks. Those who kept their doors open didn’t seem to make much progress initially, but eventually outpaced the “closed door” scientists. They had new ideas and research directions based on all the interesting conversations they were having with others.
July 19, 2024 · Original source
Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (120,000 = 0.24 Chomskys)