THE VIDEO SHELF · perception and philosophy
Richard Feynman on hungry philosophers (or do we see objects or only their light)
A one-minute clip from Richard Feynman's 1979 Auckland lecture in which he answers whether you see an object or only its light. It is a short, playful take on perception and on the use of philosophy.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN uses it to illustrate Feynman's wry view of philosophical questions and perception.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Zero
- Topic
- perception and philosophy
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2021
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 respect philosophy, but am more persuaded by Richard Feynman's perspective, when asked what he considered a philosophical question. [VIDEO] This NY Times story gets that philosophy isn't that necessary, but then got so bogged down in philosophical writing it was a chore to get …
spodek on Hacker News · 2012-01
In Philosophy - What's the use?I dunno about the rest of you, but I clicked on the link to her Twitter account, which so far has much higher quality stuff than this thread on HN. Some fun links: "Lightning makes new isotopes" [LINK] "P-values--abused but not abandoned" (includes some nice …
thaumaturgy on Hacker News · 2017-11
In How do you prove that Earth is older than 10,000 years?
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