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per-asperaa-ad-astra · 1 year ago
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When a physicist falls in love :)
Richard Feynman's love letter to his deceased wife, 1946.
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arctic-hands · 1 year ago
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I'm not upset discussions of Sally Ride these days don't leave out the fact that she was a lesbian and therefore the first known queer person in space (albeit a fact only known after her death), but I hate that the fact that what is left out is that she, while part of the Roger's Commission after Challenger exploded, was the whistleblower who made sure the information for the defects of the O-rings made its way to Richard Feynman, who then famously, publicly, and on camera demonstrated how icy coldness (such as the cold and icy weather the morning before Challenger launched) could critically deform the O-rings used and keep them from forming a seal. This was also only revealed after she died. (x)
Whenever Sally Ride comes up these days among my (overwhelmingly queer) friends, we all acknowledge that she was a lesbian and celebrate what a role model she was not just for girls but for queer kids (and adults) too, but everyone is always surprised when I bring up the whistleblowing thing, which I think is damn shame and a disservice to her legacy.
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thoughtkick · 10 months ago
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Richard Feynman
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fuckyeahfluiddynamics · 9 months ago
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Feynman's Sprinkler Solved
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In graduate school, my advisor introduced us to a particularly vexing fluid dynamical thought experiment known as the Feynman sprinkler. After observing an S-shaped sprinkler that rotated when water shot out its arms, physicist Richard Feynman wondered what would happen if the device were placed in a tank of water with the flow reversed. If the sprinkler was sucking in water, would it rotate and, if so, in what direction? (Image and research credit: K. Wang et al.; via APS Physics) Read the full article
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philosophors · 5 months ago
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“But logic is not all, one needs one's heart to follow an idea.”
— Richard Feynman
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perfectquote · 9 months ago
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Richard Feynman
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liberalsarecool · 1 year ago
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'There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.' - Socrates
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surqrised · 3 months ago
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Richard Feynman
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without-ado · 11 months ago
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Stands at the sea, wonders at wondering: I, a universe of atoms an atom in the universe. (x)
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quotefeeling · 1 year ago
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Richard Feynman
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per-asperaa-ad-astra · 1 year ago
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Billions of stars, how many unimaginable worlds ? How do they perceive time and space ? How do they define and express art ? What is love for them ? What drives their pursuit of knowledge and understanding ? What existential questions intrigue them ? I wonder, a lot.
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thehopefulquotes · 8 months ago
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Richard Feynman
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one-time-i-dreamt · 1 year ago
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It was the night before an electrodynamics exam. I was visited by Richard Feynman and Leonard Susskind. I presumed they'd come to help me revise, but Susskind launched into a lecture about string theory, while Feynman kept trying to give me dating advice.
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resqectable · 7 months ago
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Richard Feynman
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quotemadness · 1 year ago
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I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.
Richard Feynman
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beartusks · 4 months ago
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is this anything (i am met not even by the company of chirping crickets)
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