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ironSkillet on Aug 27, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Thoughts about what worked in math circles

Feynman had contempt for mathematics? Never heard that before.

panda-giddiness on Aug 27, 2023 [–]

"Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation" -Feynman

That said, I'm not sure that he actually held contempt for math. It's fairly essential for theoretical physics.

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