I think I agree with Feynman being a straight talker, but I just want to caution on inferences on Feynman from books about Feynman. See:
TLDW: Feynman didn’t actually write any of the books that use his name, and his influence over them is pretty tenuous. (e.g. Surely Your Joking was written by a young friend of Feynman’s, and the book wasn’t written until like at least 10 years after the stories were originally told, allegedly)
I didn’t watch the whole video (it’s 2 hours long), but like I remember the process by which the books were written was described in the book. Mostly that they were written as a result of taped conversations between Feynman and a friend of his. This makes it pretty unlikely the books say anything that Feynman didn’t actually say (since the conversations were taped), and also is pretty transparent in the book. It also seems kind of more likely to be true than an autobiography, since the impressions have filtered through at least one other person.
I think I agree with Feynman being a straight talker, but I just want to caution on inferences on Feynman from books about Feynman. See:
TLDW: Feynman didn’t actually write any of the books that use his name, and his influence over them is pretty tenuous. (e.g. Surely Your Joking was written by a young friend of Feynman’s, and the book wasn’t written until like at least 10 years after the stories were originally told, allegedly)
I didn’t watch the whole video (it’s 2 hours long), but like I remember the process by which the books were written was described in the book. Mostly that they were written as a result of taped conversations between Feynman and a friend of his. This makes it pretty unlikely the books say anything that Feynman didn’t actually say (since the conversations were taped), and also is pretty transparent in the book. It also seems kind of more likely to be true than an autobiography, since the impressions have filtered through at least one other person.
Here’s a little bit about the tapes in the video