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Feynman: How to think 1 of 2 FUN TO IMAGINE 11
An excerpt from the 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine in which Richard Feynman describes how he and a mathematician friend counted in their heads in different ways, one verbally and one visually. It shows that people can reach the same goal through quite different mental methods.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it constantly in threads on inner monologue, visual versus verbal thinking and communication as the classic, entertaining demonstration that minds work differently.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Christopher Sykes
- Topic
- how different people think
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 17
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I completely agree. First started thinking this way after listening to Feynman talk about his discovery of how people think very differently. [VIDEO] He does a great job of communicating this, despite our interpretive differences. (Though perhaps it's just very well spoken for my interpretation …
joeyespo on Hacker News · 2011-07
In Accidental Genius: How To ThinkPerhaps if I reword that a little you might understand what I mean: [LINK] is the subjective experience of the ability to think about things and processes as abstractions. Apple, Airplane, Alphabet, Algebra, Balance, Self, or Obama they all exist as arrangements and connections of …
Retric on Hacker News · 2012-03
In MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neuronsYou'll probably enjoy this video with Richard Feynman about how different people think differently even for something as basic as counting. [VIDEO]
DavidVoid on Hacker News · 2018-04
In Kubrick found what he wanted by trying things out
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