Feynman’s Breakthrough, Disregard Others (2017)

Re:Feynman’s Breakthrough, Disregard Others (2017) by watwut on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:06AM (#20200311)

I don't think this was about disregarding everyone around all the time. This was something that helped Feynman to move in that particular situation when he was weighted down by other peoples expectations and what not.

The story is at the point where he is already honored, known and has "outstanding popular touch". That is when he read a book and calls the wife in the middle of the night to say: "I think I’ve figured it out. Now I’ll be able to work again!"

This does not mean that people should disregard others all the time routinely. It means that there are situations where you have to disregard others expectations, advice and what not.

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Re:Feynman’s Breakthrough, Disregard Others (2017) by denzil_correa on Monday June 17, 2019 @06:37AM (#20201575)

> It means that there are situations where you have to disregard others expectations, advice and what not.

And that’s the tricky part. In order to understand, which situation to disregard and which not.

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Re:Feynman’s Breakthrough, Disregard Others (2017) by watwut on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:45AM (#20201950)

That is where expertise, experience and actual knowledge comes to play. Which Feynman at that moment possessed. It is also relative, you can be both too much accommodating and too much disregarding. One person can move between the two extremes over his own life.

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Re:Feynman’s Breakthrough, Disregard Others (2017) by mbeex on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:18AM (#20201802)

In fact, the distinguishing characteristic is to act, not utterly understanding.

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