Richard Feynman Computer Heuristics Lecture (1985) [video]

Happy to see these videos posted, they are exceptional. He clearly understood this stuff at a very deep level. I recall reading a story somewhere about his collaboration with Danny Hillis at Thinking Machines (I think?) and applying his unique problem solving skills to the issue of coordinating so many individual processors to perform a job. He wasn't a "computer scientist" but he apparently applied some unique ideas that helped significantly.

Edit: Here's the link: http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine...

I just love Feynman videos.

The way he talks, it shows how much of the subject he has internalized. I just love people who can flow with their thoughts. You know, at some level, that the discoveries he made, the math he did, the thought process he used, was effortless.

I wish the world encouraged and nurtured more such people.

There’s a related set of videos about the Quantum Mechanical nature of reality that are just amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW_HsOU6YZRkdhFFznHNE...