by Cymen on 6/4/20, 4:04 PM
by JRKrause on 6/4/20, 4:26 PM
"it made the newspapers because of Bell’s allegations of “extreme cruelty” by Feynman, including the notion that he spent all of his waking hours either doing calculus and playing the bongos."
I find it hard to imagine a world where the eccentric behaviors and personal lives of practicing scientists would receive newspaper coverage.
by acqq on 6/4/20, 4:13 PM
by kurthr on 6/4/20, 4:22 PM
Yes, it may well have been his ex-wife... that was my guess when I read the headline.
by benjohnson on 6/4/20, 6:07 PM
I suspect form the viewpoint of the F.B.I. that it's not only someone's allegiance that is important, but how verifiable that allegiance is.
Given that the most clever and intelligent among us could be better prepared for subterfuge, it perhaps makes the question of "Is Feynman trustworthy?" rather difficult.
by generationP on 6/4/20, 4:05 PM
by pinewurst on 6/4/20, 4:01 PM
(2014) but well worth the repost
by xenocyon on 6/4/20, 4:42 PM
This is extremely speculative.
by olooney on 6/4/20, 4:04 PM
500 Error for me.
by sudoaza on 6/4/20, 5:26 PM
Wouldn't surprise me if Feynman was at least sympathetic to communism, at least to anarchism for sure, on some of the lectures when he talks about his father teaching him about equality and the disdain for prizes and titles.
by vkou on 6/4/20, 5:35 PM
He doesn't exactly paint a flattering account of his social self in his autobiographies - mostly in his interactions with service staff.
by thanatropism on 6/4/20, 4:31 PM
Somehow I read "Richard Stallman". Kept on thinking so until I managed to open the archive.org URL.