Yup, that is optimism; but the specific optimistic model that is being used could still be wrong. A not-so-optimistic model might fit better. Or perhaps an equally (or more) optimistic model fits best.
... as a German Biologist - there is another factor - there is no Terra Incognita anymore. We behave like we know everything - like the Fin de Siecle - that was ruptured by Planck and opened new territory. Now we have Harry Potter Science Fiction with out any Science and no Fiction - Narcissists battling for their property... attracting Legions of them...
uncertainty principle : physics education interrupts physics talent. Great ones collapse into selected and eliminated. 😢 bachelor - master - phd - … Looks like a stern gerlach exp. yet some great ones will still exist.
Interesting: Feynman was VERY entertaining when I witnessed only one of Feynman's lectures - face-to-face only 30feet away from him in 1971 (A UCLA student driven to Cal Tech to see firsthand one of his lectures) - Feynman was a true 'IT'S SHOWTIME!' performer...a very fond memory...but I disagree with Feynman's proclamation - but I understand why he said what he said!! - BIG TIME!
Einstein did not follow the usual education. He taught himself about the most speculative ideas at that time and questioned most of the things being taught, which was often met with resistance. Only some teachers were more open to his ideas. And remember he came up with his proof of atoms and special relativity while working at the patent office, outside the normal academic circle. It was basically Max Planck, who came to see Einsteins brilliance and made him famous. Many other physicists at the time were very resistive to Einsteins ideas, which is to be expected really, when you dare to overthrow Newton. I think Feynman had a point. Progress in science and even in the economy mostly comes from outside the mainstream and slowly replaces the incumbents. If everyone is only taught the mainstream stuff, there will be only improvements of already existing foundations, but no foundation-altering progress. It's the latter, from which the greatest physicists in history emerge.
Framing this around education seems delusional to me, at least as far a theoretical physics goes. Anyone with internet access can learn anything they want to learn, and read any paper they want to read, for free. Anyone with sufficient intelligence, determination, and time to devote can throw themselves at this field, and probably accomplish at least one important thing. I'm not aware of a single great theoretical physicist who wasn't an autodidact.
And that ‘ s an enlightenment that ‘ s neither western enlightenment nor eastern enlightenment . ? A one thing that was not taught in schools nor is a part of any class of persons all learning the same thing .
I think Trumps plans to eliminate the Department of Education and redistributing its functions to state governments, with the goal of reducing federal oversight and allowing states more autonomy to manage education policies and funding might actually be in line with David Deutschs or Feynmans hopes of more diversity in the style of education, don't you think? As much as US politics is a shit show, this could actually be positive, if done right ... the last part is the crux though.
Feyman knew that the sun is not a thermonuclear reactor. - he challenged the observations with accepted theory and pointed out that there is no way to bring them together. - there is a war out there in the universities what basically represents free fall.
I think Mr Deutsch shows some of the hallmarks of someone who has never done or has done very little public speaking. Perhaps he wasn't given enough notice of what he was going to be asked to talk about in the video which would explain the number of "aaahs" and the pauses in a number of lines of argument that ended up being replaced by some other line of reasoning or explanation.
If you don’t know what gravity is don’t call yourself a physicist, astronomer or cosmologist or indeed even a well informed human. The CAUSE of gravity, electricity, magnetism, light and well... everything was published in 2002. “The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy “, Mark McCutcheon. That’s when physics- pukka- started. The other many attempts amount to nothing but mathematical philosophy. QM classicalized in 2010. Forgotten Physics website uncovers the hidden variables and constants and the bad math of Wien, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Einstein, Debroglie, Planck, Bohr etc.
The great will always break the mold.
Yup, that is optimism; but the specific optimistic model that is being used could still be wrong. A not-so-optimistic model might fit better. Or perhaps an equally (or more) optimistic model fits best.
I've been listening to the Feynman Lectures on physics. They are terrific.
... as a German Biologist - there is another factor - there is no Terra Incognita anymore. We behave like we know everything - like the Fin de Siecle - that was ruptured by Planck and opened new territory.
Now we have Harry Potter Science Fiction with out any Science and no Fiction - Narcissists battling for their property... attracting Legions of them...
aka "cargo cult science"
uncertainty principle : physics education interrupts physics talent. Great ones collapse into selected and eliminated. 😢 bachelor - master - phd - … Looks like a stern gerlach exp. yet some great ones will still exist.
Interesting: Feynman was VERY entertaining when I witnessed only one of Feynman's lectures - face-to-face only 30feet away from him in 1971 (A UCLA student driven to Cal Tech to see firsthand one of his lectures) - Feynman was a true 'IT'S SHOWTIME!' performer...a very fond memory...but I disagree with Feynman's proclamation - but I understand why he said what he said!! - BIG TIME!
I wish Ed Witten would weigh in on the funnelling tendency of mathematical physics.
As I understand it, Einstein became a great physicist in the rather harsh and narrow-minded view of German Universities.
Einstein did not follow the usual education. He taught himself about the most speculative ideas at that time and questioned most of the things being taught, which was often met with resistance. Only some teachers were more open to his ideas. And remember he came up with his proof of atoms and special relativity while working at the patent office, outside the normal academic circle. It was basically Max Planck, who came to see Einsteins brilliance and made him famous. Many other physicists at the time were very resistive to Einsteins ideas, which is to be expected really, when you dare to overthrow Newton.
I think Feynman had a point. Progress in science and even in the economy mostly comes from outside the mainstream and slowly replaces the incumbents. If everyone is only taught the mainstream stuff, there will be only improvements of already existing foundations, but no foundation-altering progress. It's the latter, from which the greatest physicists in history emerge.
Framing this around education seems delusional to me, at least as far a theoretical physics goes. Anyone with internet access can learn anything they want to learn, and read any paper they want to read, for free. Anyone with sufficient intelligence, determination, and time to devote can throw themselves at this field, and probably accomplish at least one important thing. I'm not aware of a single great theoretical physicist who wasn't an autodidact.
There are to different points of view. To be a great physicist or to get a job as a physicist.
Yo Arjun how are you man it’s been so long
I think his idea is correct. Everyone taught the same way leads to an echo chamber. Students are being trained and not educated.
Today's educational monoculture!
And that ‘ s an enlightenment that ‘ s neither western enlightenment nor eastern enlightenment . ?
A one thing that was not taught in schools nor is a part of any class of persons all learning the same thing .
I think standardized testing is necessary but not sufficient. Germany faced this down a long time ago. Issues are herein conflated.
Could be ok up to a certain level. To test for the very basics.
Good luck on that Enlightenment reaching U.S. schools with a wrestling promoter holding the lamp
I think Trumps plans to eliminate the Department of Education and redistributing its functions to state governments, with the goal of reducing federal oversight and allowing states more autonomy to manage education policies and funding might actually be in line with David Deutschs or Feynmans hopes of more diversity in the style of education, don't you think? As much as US politics is a shit show, this could actually be positive, if done right ... the last part is the crux though.
Feyman knew that the sun is not a thermonuclear reactor. - he challenged the observations with accepted theory and pointed out that there is no way to bring them together. - there is a war out there in the universities what basically represents free fall.
you haven't read a word of feynman
I think Mr Deutsch shows some of the hallmarks of someone who has never done or has done very little public speaking. Perhaps he wasn't given enough notice of what he was going to be asked to talk about in the video which would explain the number of "aaahs" and the pauses in a number of lines of argument that ended up being replaced by some other line of reasoning or explanation.
😂RMCISTS
If you don’t know what gravity is don’t call yourself a physicist, astronomer or cosmologist or indeed even a well informed human. The CAUSE of gravity, electricity, magnetism, light and well... everything was published in 2002. “The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy “, Mark McCutcheon. That’s when physics- pukka- started. The other many attempts amount to nothing but mathematical philosophy. QM classicalized in 2010. Forgotten Physics website uncovers the hidden variables and constants and the bad math of Wien, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Einstein, Debroglie, Planck, Bohr etc.