brilliant man, and one of my heroes/idols
"You Don't Understand Ordinary People" - Feynman Gives Advice to Wolfram
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#12Classic Feynman: "with one exception, fall madly in love!"
Someone once said that madness was necessary for creating. Does anybody know who it was? Can't find it.
One version, by John Dryden (1681):
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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#13i thought this was in response to Wolfram Alpha.
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#14What does the "RPF;ht" at the bottom stand for? (I vaguely recall this being an old convention of something?)
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#15Feynman is one of my few heroes. This is an interesting situation. Feynman was right and Wolfram did what he wanted and was successful. Perhaps by taking Feynman's advice to heart. Who knows?
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#16What does the "RPF;ht" at the bottom stand for? (I vaguely recall this being an old convention of something?)
They're the initials of the author (in caps) and the typist (in lowercase).
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#17What does the "RPF;ht" at the bottom stand for? (I vaguely recall this being an old convention of something?)
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#18What does the "RPF;ht" at the bottom stand for? (I vaguely recall this being an old convention of something?)
'ht' is Helen Tuck, the secretary at Caltech's Theory Group for many years; that mark indicates she typed the letter. I was there many years after Feynman passed away, but I have fond memories of Helen and some of the stories she had to tell about the "old days".
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#20Classic Feynman: "with one exception, fall madly in love!"
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