zero-knowledge
2:06Richard Feynman - Names Don't Constitute Knowledge
110K views • 12 years ago
Caitlin Spies
A short excerpt from a 1973 Yorkshire TV film in which Richard Feynman explains that knowing the name of something is not the same as knowing it.
1:53Richard Feynman on Pseudoscience
363K views • 10 years ago
Jacob Edward
A two-minute clip of Richard Feynman explaining why he considers much of social science pseudoscience. He stresses how easy it is to fool yourself and how much care real knowledge takes.
3:34Gulf of Tonkin: McNamara admits It didn't happen.
169K views • 18 years ago
compelled2283
A four-minute extract from the documentary The Fog of War in which Robert McNamara discusses the Gulf of Tonkin incident. He acknowledges that the second reported attack did not happen.
1:44Richard Feynman: The Beauty of the Flower
222K views • 19 years ago
FreeScienceLectures
A two-minute 1981 interview clip in which Richard Feynman answers an artist friend who claims science takes the beauty out of a flower. Feynman argues that understanding adds to beauty and mystery.