Feynman 'Fun to Imagine' 9: Big Numbers and Stuff... (Part One of Two)

sbergman27 Says:

Dec 30, 2011 - Look around YouTube for plentiful examples of how imagination combined with a little knowledge leads to folly. There are 3 player in this game. Imagination, Knowledge, and a systematic way of sorting the wheat from the chaf, The Scientific Method: Null Hypothesis->Experiment->Rejection (or not) of the Null Hypothesis.It takes all 3 to do real science. With only imagination, you're not a scientist, but a preacher.

MeOnStuff Says:

Jan 1, 2012 - Square (though I assume you mean cubic) planets can't occur naturally above a certain size. The gravity of the matter in the planet pulls everything towards the centre, creating a sphere. (Strictly it's not exactly a sphere since the rotation throws it out a small amount.)That's why you can have weird shape asteroids - because they are very small so the gravity isn't large enough to pull them into a sphere, but you can't get a cubic planet.

brownie003 Says:

Jan 11, 2012 - i didnt know the moon has mountains bigger than on on the earth

ChristopherJSykes Says:

Jan 11, 2012 -  He did (the interviewer)!

Postie218 Says:

Jan 22, 2012 - Cancer robbed us of a great physicist way too early.

TheSmackerlacker Says:

Feb 5, 2012 - I used to think that I knew almost nothing about physics, yet here we have a physicist who doesn't seem to know much more than I do. He understands it better, but he and I know all of the same things.How did that happen? I never studied physics...

Helleu1 Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - Yeah, and I bet if you lived back in the days, your knowledge would've been enough to help build the atomic bomb.

TheSmackerlacker Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - Probably not, although I appreciate the vote of confidence from a complete stranger who is most likely being facetious.

stevesurv Says:

Feb 8, 2012 - Wouldn't be surprised.

dpcrozier99 Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - it shouldn't at all, maybe you have metal problems? he wasn't even talking about physics at that point so how did you deal with the rest?

iSometimesWriteMusic Says:

Feb 24, 2012 - I think you are the one who might have mental problems, if you do not recognize someone who appreciates the almost metaphysical part of physics, and the beauty of it. I am human and attracted to that which stimulates both halves of my brain, deal with it.

culwin Says:

Feb 26, 2012 - The biggest bump is actually Chimborazo.pwned!

jimmyphonghater Says:

Feb 28, 2012 - "The number of stars we see at night is about 5,000" Well here in California I see like 2 a night.

wHisperis001 Says:

Feb 29, 2012 - You might get that impression because in these interviews he talks about layman stuff. There were physicists who said they felt like children compared to him when he gave lectures about the hardcore physics like quantum and etc

divrotequalto0 Says:

Mar 1, 2012 - Bigger than Steven Hawking.

mamu7mich Says:

Mar 1, 2012 - just enjoy the tininess of us and the enormity of the rest of the universe !!

IbnIbrahem Says:

Mar 7, 2012 - wtf is wrong with youtube .. it's not a sexy video !! watch out for your fucking suggestions !

Integral218 Says:

Mar 11, 2012 - What an Astonishing Mind.

LovehammerMedia Says:

Mar 17, 2012 - He used inches O_oI am never using metric system again in my physics class

AlphaFalconX Says:

Mar 31, 2012 - Science: let's conduct research so we can learn more about different worldly subjectsReligion: god did it lol

knwitham Says:

Apr 12, 2012 - Just like life!

felixthemaster1 Says:

Apr 14, 2012 - This man is amazing cuz his dad was amazing. my dad sux :/ so when i have a kid, I am going to teach my children about science so that they can go on to be nobel prize winners :)

iCantMakeMovies Says:

May 2, 2012 - I love just how happy he gets thinking about and discussing all the little details in life.

x89codered89x Says:

May 3, 2012 - He stuttured though. He was going to use metric!

whosSaturnn Says:

May 21, 2012 - Pics or it didn't happen.