THE VIDEO SHELF · scientific method
Feynman on Scientific Method.
A short clip of Richard Feynman explaining the scientific method: guess, compute consequences, compare to experiment, and why vague theories like astrology cannot be proven wrong.
Why HN readers recommended it
Widely recommended as one of the clearest, funniest short explanations of what makes something science.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- seabala
- Topic
- scientific method
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 15
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2024
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
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
"Science" has now many definitions. My personal understanding of "science" is this: [VIDEO]
acscott on Hacker News · 2016-09
In Bad science persists because poor methods are rewardedFeynman's lectures on the character of physical law should be something everyone sees in school. In general we look for a new law by the following process: first we guess it, then we compute the consequences of the guess... and then we compare those computation …
quasirandom on Hacker News · 2021-03
In Trust: The Need for Public Understanding of How Science WorksScience is about basic understanding. Monkey see, monkey do. Input A yields outcome B. We get that understanding this way: [VIDEO] I love that whole series of lectures. They are his Cornell introduction to physics lectures and are a gold mine of basic scientific type …
ddingus on Hacker News · 2022-11
In In what sense is quantum computing a science?
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