True, but I think he may have had some fun with the interviewer, and thought it may be worth taking him down a peg or two.
Feynman was amazingly good at giving serious smackdowns in a convivial way. He would be cheerful, accepting and charming while creating a logical argument that was almost always faultless.
He had some negatives, but I think he was one of the most amazing people to have ever lived. I encourage everyone out there to read and watch his publications and lectures. From grad student til death, he forced people to rethink the hardest and most important problems around, and he had fun doing it.
He was also a prankster, a lock-picker and safe-cracker, and apparently a pretty good musician.
Feynman was amazingly good at giving serious smackdowns in a convivial way. He would be cheerful, accepting and charming while creating a logical argument that was almost always faultless.
He had some negatives, but I think he was one of the most amazing people to have ever lived. I encourage everyone out there to read and watch his publications and lectures. From grad student til death, he forced people to rethink the hardest and most important problems around, and he had fun doing it.
He was also a prankster, a lock-picker and safe-cracker, and apparently a pretty good musician.
</hero_worship>