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Re:Do not remain nameless to yourself (1966) by whatshisface on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:34PM (#23813079)
>Most of his stories involve him being more clever than everyone else around him, rather pointedly.

Well, what would you have expected him to write? He was more clever than everyone around him in virtually every room he was in, for his whole life. Usain Bolt's biography would not have very many stories about the times he was outrun by people. Feynman had a healthy attitude about assigned-at-birth characteristics, he didn't deny them, but he didn't let them make him insufferable either.

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Re:Do not remain nameless to yourself (1966) by rattray on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:56PM (#23813252)
That certainly wasn't the case in the Manhattan project.

Nonetheless, I see your point - most of the time, the alternative would have been to simply not tell the story, and I'm glad these stories were told.

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