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Re:Ramanujan Surprises Again (2015) by Psyladine on Sunday February 16, 2020 @05:46PM (#22344210)
Feynman was undoubtedly a genius, but he also suffered from a need to be admired. The safecracking episodes at Los Alamos are a perfect example - giving the impression he was an expert safe cracker when his real methodology was guesswork and sometimes subterfuge (birthdays, anniversaries, or even subtlety observing someone inputting their combination).
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Re:Ramanujan Surprises Again (2015) by elSidCampeador on Monday February 17, 2020 @02:12AM (#22346105)
I get your point, I really do. But if what you call his "real methodology" worked well, why would he use more advanced/safecracker-y techniques?

I'd say the real mistake he made was that he lifted the veil off of how he did things, leading people to say "oh even I could have done that".

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Re:Ramanujan Surprises Again (2015) by Psyladine on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:21PM (#22359950)
Something something, invoice $1 for chalk, $9999 for knowing where to mark the 'X'.
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Re:Ramanujan Surprises Again (2015) by elSidCampeador on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:35AM (#22364169)
zigackly (https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4746820383_314f398f2f.j...)
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