Note that the Feynman anecdote contrasts Feynman’s bluntness against everyone else’s “too scared to speak up”. There’s no one in the story who says “I don’t think that will work” instead of “that won’t work”, or “that seems like a bad idea” instead of “that’s a damn fool idea”. You assert afterwards that such a person would have been distracted from the thing Bohr wanted, but the anecdote doesn’t particularly support or discredit that idea.
Note that the Feynman anecdote contrasts Feynman’s bluntness against everyone else’s “too scared to speak up”. There’s no one in the story who says “I don’t think that will work” instead of “that won’t work”, or “that seems like a bad idea” instead of “that’s a damn fool idea”. You assert afterwards that such a person would have been distracted from the thing Bohr wanted, but the anecdote doesn’t particularly support or discredit that idea.
You know, that’s a good point!