CARGO CULT SCIENCE by Richard Feynman

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself--and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you've not fooled yourself, it's easy not to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that.

Amen!

Richard Feynman is a genius, but what sets him apart is his ability to communicate and his humor. Someone I could listen to all day.

Full article can be found here.

Here is an awesome youtube video of him explaining the question “why?”.

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