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“I like how Jan Chipchase frames the results form his work: not facts but...”
– Pasta&Vinegar ยป long+slow+blurry innovation
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“An obsolete collective noun for a group of ravens (or at least the Common Raven)...”
– Raven - Wikipedia
“The hippie is a romantic. The punk is a revolutionary.”
– Stephen Downes
A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue: Miracle Fruit... →
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“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when...”
– Richard Feynman
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Richard Feynman: Understanding and Explaining
Below are some quotes from Danny Hillis’s essay “Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine” which appeared in Physics Today. I post these here as illustrations of Feynman’s process of understanding and his need to explain as part of that process. The entire essay should be read, especially the ending.
See also Feynman discussing the roots of his learning process in The...
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Richard Feynman: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
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WatchTED | Talks | Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows (video)
