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May 24, 2019 at 11:39 AM
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But I may become someone's inspiration, to teach. If, the next Feynman, writes a letter like the following to me, I think I would be proud.
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May 25, 2019 at 03:54 PM
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[QUOTE=TheLonelyChemist;6538616]But I may become someone's inspiration, to teach. If, the next Feynman, writes a letter like the following to me, I think I would be proud.
I don't know, Chemist - do you think there will ever be another Richard Feynman? He was pretty much one of a kind. 
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May 26, 2019 at 12:24 AM
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Another interesting fact - Neil deGrasse Tyson said on StarTalk that scientists in the early 20th century said "We are liven in the golden era of science" Hundred years from then, we are like "We barely knew anything back then", and we like to think we are liven in the "golden era of science", and then in another hundred years people will be like ""We barely knew anything back in the 21st century" and so on. So yes I think as long as we exist on this planet, there will be smarter and smarter scientists who rival their past counterparts. 
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May 26, 2019 at 01:33 PM
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Let's devoutly hope so, Chemist!
I was acquainted with someone who took a class from Dr. Feynman, and said he was just amazing. I liked where, in Feynman's lighter-weight book, Surely You Are Joking, Mr. Feynman, he spoke of teaching some courses in Brazil for a time. He found that everything was test-oriented. If you could pass the test, you got the grade. Consequently the students never learned to reason. So when the time came for him to give a wrap-up speech on the course, he pulled no punches. He got up there in front of the whole school and the administration and roundly criticized their entire curriculum. He said that he was appalled that this school was purporting to turn out scientists but if you asked them to solve a problem that wasn't on the test, they were mute. He said, essentially, "WTF is this?????" And I believe they listened to him, because he was still alive after the address. LOL!
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May 27, 2019 at 02:51 AM
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Also, his autobiography is in my to-buy list.
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