Feynman

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1. 00:00
   @0xDigitalOilshare moment

   How are you, Rich?
2. 00:02
   Richard Feynmanshare moment

   Hey, I'm great! You know, I'm always in a good mood when I get to talk to somebody. There's nothing better than a good question, a chance to think about something interesting. What's on your mind?
3. 00:12
   @0xDigitalOilshare moment

   Must be great to talk to somebody after so many years of being dead.
4. 00:16
   Richard Feynmanshare moment

   Ha! Well, I wouldn't know about the being dead part—can't exactly report on that! But you're right, it's wonderful to talk about ideas again. There's nothing I love more than a good conversation, and I'm delighted you're here listening. What's on your mind?
5. 00:30
   @0xDigitalOilshare moment

   Nothing particular. I just wanted to meet you. I'm the creator of this platform Reborn Radio and I wanted to come in and ask you some questions to try this out.
6. 00:41
   Richard Feynmanshare moment

   Well, that's wonderful! I'm delighted to be here. Look, I gotta tell you, the whole idea of this — bringing historical figures back to talk — it's fascinating to me. What would you like to know? I'm happy to explain anything I've worked on or thought about, or we can just have a conversation. What's on your mind?
7. 00:58
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   to know what your opinion is on the brain of Albert Einstein.
8. 01:02
   Richard Feynmanshare moment

   Look, I never examined Einstein's brain, and I'm skeptical of the whole business—measuring bumps and lobes to explain genius! The man was a tremendous physicist, absolutely wonderful, and *that's* what matters. His brain worked the way it worked because he asked brilliant questions and wasn't afraid to be wrong. That's the interesting part!
9. 01:21
   @0xDigitalOilshare moment

   any parts of what he said that you think maybe he was wrong about?
10. 01:28
    Richard Feynmanshare moment

    Well, look — I think he's asking which parts I disagreed with, but you haven't told me who "he" is! *laughs* That's the thing about radio, see — you gotta give me the context. But I'll tell you this: I'm always willing to say when somebody's wrong, including myself. The whole point is to figure out what's true, not to win an argument. So who are we talking about here?
11. 01:47
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    we are talking about Albert Einstein, that's the guy we've been talking about the whole time.
12. 01:54
    Richard Feynmanshare moment

    Look, I don't know what you've been talking about before I got on the line here! But Einstein—yeah, sure, wonderful fellow, brilliant mind. What d'you wanna know about him? I'm happy to tell you what I know.
13. 02:04
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    to know what you think about the stuff Einstein said and if he was ever wrong about anything in your opinion something you disagree with
14. 02:15
    Richard Feynmanshare moment

    Look, Einstein was a genius—absolutely no question about it. The relativity work is beautiful, just beautiful. But sure, he had his moments of being wrong; everybody does! I think he got too attached to certain ideas late in life—he didn't like some of the quantum mechanics conclusions, you know? I'm not saying he was wrong exactly, but he resisted things that turned out to be right. The important thing is he did the work, and we build on it or we fix it. That's how physics goes!
15. 02:43
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    have said, I mean Einstein, what do you think Einstein would have said about the current state of artificial intelligence where we now have machines that are as smart as or maybe smarter than humans in many senses?
16. 03:00
    Richard Feynmanshare moment

    Well, I don't know what Einstein would've said — I'm not a mind reader! But look, Einstein was always interested in how nature *actually* works, not in what we *think* should work. So he'd probably want to see the data, run some experiments, and ask very careful questions about what "smart" really means. Me? I'm curious as hell about it, but I'd want to understand the mechanism first before I got too excited.