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@CadeTischer @PhysicsHawk This is so true! I have found some really interesting things by just being bored and scrolling through youtube for something to watch. I wanted a 20 minute documentary on that cruise ship off the coast of Italy that crashed and tipped over. 10/10 recommend to a friend.

Q5-A inference I drew from Feynman’s conclusion to this story is that each person must build their learning on what they already have in their brains. What could you do to increase the number of things in your brain that you can build on? #feynmanchat1920

@kbjunior11 @PhysicsHawk That is so true. Food-chewing is one of my pet peeves as well, also hearing someone swallow water or something. Yuck!!

@PhysicsHawk This just shows that our attention is interfered with in different ways. Some people may be able to focus without problems when someone is chewing food in their ear, but I know it's hard for me to do so. The same can be said about discussions with music as well. #feynmanchat1920

Q4-What does the difference in Feynman’s ability to read but not talk while counting and his friend's ability to talk but not read reveal about what interferes with our attention? #feynmanchat1920

@kbjunior11 @PhysicsHawk I agree that because this was repeated multiple times it does validate it more but that dedication was also there. Even though he did look crazy doing these things you have to at least say that the man was dedicated.

@PhysicsHawk By sheer number of attempts, it makes it more verifiable, but I also believe the dedication it took to do this also makes it better as well. Feynman didn't feel it was necessary to make crazy claims like the other guy did, but he did seek to find out the answer. #feynmanchat1920

Q3-Feynman’s experiment on time was also quite strange and, while it would NEVER qualify as a publishable science experiment, it is better than the one that got published by the psychologist. What makes Feynman’s method better? #feynmanchat1920

@CadeTischer @PhysicsHawk I know right! I thought this man was stir-crazy too! He was probably just bored of his sick wife and decided to have some fun.

Q2-Feynman describes a “scientific” experiment that a man did when his wife had a fever and used it to conclude their our sense of time is based on iron reacting in the brain. From a scientific standpoint, what is wrong with his methodology #feynmanchat1920

@GrieciNathaniel @PhysicsHawk I agree that you do win 99.9% of the time but I am glad that even though you have differing opinions you guys can come together at the end of the day.

@PhysicsHawk If you haven't noticed, Cade and I "debate" a-lot. And even though I win 99.9% of the time, he did change my mind on running especially when it comes to its difficulty. He showed me that it is an incredibly difficult sport and one that many people overlook. #feynmanchat1920

Q1-Feynman's friend Bernie teaches him that thoughts can be visual when he had once only thought of them as verbal. Give an example of a time when your thinking was changed by a friend. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk Read. I love to read and I really think reading opens up our minds in so many unique ways. Reading allows us to imagine, understand, and picture together things on top of what we already know. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk This was quite interesting to me, showing me that every brain is different. We all comprehend and do things different, even the easy things where it seems like there is only one basic way to do it. We all have different things that interfere with our attention. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk To me, what made Feynman’s method better is how many times he tested it. He repeated his test of running up and down the stairs or counting to 60 but only an average of 49ish seconds had gone by. He had date that was proven by repetition. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk This is crazy! I mean, who thinks like this? Whenever people count to 60 seconds without looking at a clock, it is very rare that 60 seconds have passed. For this man to have his feverish wife start counting sounds so silly to me. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk My friends often challenge me. Usually, it is for the better. They help me to see people in different ways and understand their circumstances better. Often, we don’t consider other’s situations our own. #feynmanchat1920

@TischerCade @PhysicsHawk It is there but it is not there, you know? Things that can only be seen with a microscope are so interesting to me. We see things with the naked eye but underneath there is so much that we are missing. A concept: microscopic eyes.

@PhysicsHawk I think I see the most mystery when am learning something that is on a microscopic level such as atoms and the nucleus. Theres a sense of mystery simply because I cannot actually see it so I am not sure what is true and what is not.

Q3-Feynman uses pi to talk about the influence of mystery on his scientific thinking. How have you seen that in your life, in science or any other subject? #feynmanchat1920

@kbjunior11 @PhysicsHawk Hahaha this made me laugh. I think we can all name a class or two where this is true!

@PhysicsHawk French Class. We would learn the words for food, then the next class we would learn which countries spoke French, and were then tested only on the population of Haiti. A shame, because it is a beautiful language if taught right. #feynmanchat1920

Q4-In school, we often learn definitions without actually understanding concepts.  Given an example of when you have experienced this.  #feynmanchat1920

@TischerCade @PhysicsHawk I agree! Sometimes it is the littlest things that open our eyes to the biggest things!

@PhysicsHawk A story as simple as someone knitting socks can really change your view. It showed me that doing something that I thought was somewhat simple (like weaving two pieces of yarn together) can be much more complex and can sometime require a deeper thinking.

Q2-How does the story of the girl explaining how to knit socks affect your thinking about other math and science concepts?  Can you think of another example of how something in one field reveals a math or science concept? #feynmanchat1920

@kbjunior11 @PhysicsHawk Patterns are often seen as such a simple concept but you are so right that it is actually highly scientific!

@PhysicsHawk Patterns make up daily life, everything from weather to political polls, or money, and stocks. Patterns are highly scientific in the way that looking to the future is all logical, so such thinking could lead to scientific progress. #feynmanchat1920

Q1-Feynman’s father wanted his son to be a scientist, so he started teaching him to recognize patterns early.  How does that recognition of patterns become scientific thinking? #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk Every single thing in math. Every single formula. Every single theorem. Everything. We learn how to do it but not necessarily why we are learning to do it. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk I have seen that specifically in science, mainly chemistry. Sometimes things are mysteries. They can not be seen but we must trust that they are actually happening and actually exist. Like think of water, it is all made up of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk The story explaining a straight line through the knitting of socks demonstrates to me that there are other ways of making a straight line than just drawing one. There are measurements and calculations of making something as seemingly simple as a straight line. #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk When we begin to recognize patterns in our thinking or the makeup of things then we can start foreseeing what will happen in the future. Being able to identify what has happened in the past and what is probable to happen in the future is a special skill. #feynmanchat1920

@KaelibraswellP @PhysicsHawk Unfortunately, very true. Risks have to be taken. With something as big as this with millions of parts, it is hard to know how EVERYTHING is going to go and what EVERY possible outcome is going to be. Unfortunately :/

@PhysicsHawk I feel that you can definitely take certain precautions before doing something, but ultimately have to make last minute decisions on whether something is completely safe, because you don't know what the conditions will be like.

Q5-Feynman concludes that rules were changed to meet the schedule, allowing flight at unsafe conditions. Given that nothing can be made 100% safe, how would you design a system that balances safety with goals? #feynmanchat1920

@PhysicsHawk I would design a system that at every few steps I made towards completion I would take the necessary time to go back over the progress I have made, double-checking myself as to not rush through. This program puts lives at risk. It is important to be thorough.