He's one of the great ones.

That was awesome. I don't know him, but I liked the way he said about living with doubt. Too many people nowadays, especially religious people, cling to their ideals and that only cause more harm than good

"I DON'T KNOW," are words that should be with us all the time. "I DON'T KNOW" is like an empty cup always ready to be filled with treasures. Whereas "I KNOW" (I have an answer for everything), is like a cup filled with worthless trash with no room left for that which is of value. "I DON'T KNOW" is the beginning of real knowledge.

He has a good take on it. I remember Bill Maher once shutting down a believer when she started out saying "let's suppose that you are hungry." Bill immediately replied "yes, but I am not hungry." My take on religious believers is that they think they are so much better than you because they have a book that spells out past, present, and future. I would say that it is OK not knowing and they just keep on making shit up.

Love It!

I have his autobiography and so far i enjoy it...

IMHO Richard has been in my tops since I was much younger

Christians and Muslims are all 100% sure about something for which no evidence exists.. Amazing, really.

This is always how I’ve felt. I’ve said it many times before...doubt is good, it is a sign of an open mind, whereas certainty, especially without proof, I find rather frightening.

Love it. I've seen all his videos numerous times. He and Carl Sagan are my favorite scientists/teachers.

He’s always cool. I read one of his autobiographical books and was pretty amazed how down to earth he was.

Nobel laureate brilliant

Feynman was a marvelous fellow! "I don't know" if growing up in Queens, N.Y. C. hurt him any, either.

Agree with this. It’s amazing how religion teaches that it is 100% truth but no evidence to prove it

He was an out of the ordinary type of individual for so many reasons

Oh! I do love this! Thank you for sharing!

He was a very wise man, loved his books. Scary smart but able to explain things so that peeps can understand. We need more like him.

Not knowing doesn’t frighten me either. It’s those who could not possibly know and yet present certainty that they do “know” that frighten me.

Feyman is sorely missed. Died 1988.

i adore feynman!

oddly, being raised a secular jew, "i don't know" was never forbidden; asking questions is part of the deal, actually. when i taught in japan, i told my students "i don't know" is a good answer if you've given something a bit of thought; "i don't know; let's find out!" is an even better answer.

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