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ericlippert on Feb 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: What would Feynman do?

Of course Feynman knows the intended answer. He's way ahead of the interviewer, and is having some fun with him by deliberately avoiding the "correct" answer.

Confusion on Feb 15, 2011 [–]

Reiterating how brilliant Feynman was completely misses my point, which depends on the assumption that Feynman would start out as he did.

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