On: Ramanujan Surprises Again (2015)

[Psyladine]

Feynman was undoubtedly a genius, but he also suffered from a need to be admired. The safecracking episodes at Los Alamos are a perfect example - giving the impression he was an expert safe cracker when his real methodology was guesswork and sometimes subterfuge (birthdays, anniversaries, or even subtlety observing someone inputting their combination).

[elSidCampeador → Psyladine]

I get your point, I really do. But if what you call his "real methodology" worked well, why would he use more advanced/safecracker-y techniques?

I'd say the real mistake he made was that he lifted the veil off of how he did things, leading people to say "oh even I could have done that".

[Psyladine → elSidCampeador]

Something something, invoice $1 for chalk, $9999 for knowing where to mark the 'X'.

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