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What Would Feynman Do? (2011)

by carpdiem on 1/5/22, 6:40 AM with 13 comments

• by roenxi on 1/5/22, 8:40 AM

  The weakness of this sort of article is that the character of Feynman is being played by someone who clearly isn't Feynman (indeed, based on what I've seen of him there is a decent chance he would really enjoy this puzzle and engage with the desired solution quite quickly).

  This is recruiter vs creative interviewee who just doesn't get the puzzle. There isn't anything that screams "Feynman" here.

• by jakedata on 1/5/22, 10:48 AM

  My takeaway is that I will try to use the word "epiphenomenon" at least once today, probably during our morning standup.

• by nickdothutton on 1/5/22, 10:57 AM

  I wasn’t aware of the article but I do ask myself this question, especially when faced with an “explanation problem”. I wrote a little about it here, perhaps of interest to those working in cyber security or curious about it. I used a bit of inspiration from the great Feynman to come up with a new form of breach diagram.

  https://blog.eutopian.io/documenting-breaches-with-h-diagram...

• by goldenkey on 1/5/22, 2:07 PM

  Feynman wouldn't have been so daft. The interviewee strikes me more like a tunnel vision autistic who takes the riddle far too technically and literally.

• by gatestone on 1/5/22, 11:39 AM

  I would Google for the real answer. I just did. I could not come up with it by myself. Just what I do as a developer.

• by autonomousErwin on 1/5/22, 8:36 AM

  Anyone else read that in his bronx accent or just me?