Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016)

Re:Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) by Gregaros on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:15AM (#14941614)

>Richard Feynman was probably one of the most talented physicists of the 20th century.

Starts off bold.

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Re:Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) by joombaga on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:03PM (#14942134)

Do you disagree? Would it help for me to show you the probability is strictly non-zero?

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Re:Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) by Gregaros on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:23AM (#14954655)

Sarcasm. "Probably one of the most" is quite a few weasel words for somebody universally included in any list of significant physicists.

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Re:Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) by kgwgk on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:14PM (#14942199)

One of how many? "One of the three most talented" would be a bold statement, "one of the 300 most talented" would be an understatement. (Edit: now it occurs to me that you might find that opening sentence an understatement?)

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Re:Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) by Gregaros on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:24AM (#14954661)

You missed my sarcasm. I did indeed think it was quite an understatement / poor writing to be so afraid to say "one of the best physicists of the 20th century".

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