People on HN are trying to cancel Feynman as well. I have nothing but feelings of disdain for you.
Even if they did something wrong, I’d rather focus on their positive sides. Please stop this onslaught of taking down the history for some axe to grind.
What does the word "cancel" mean to you? Feynman can't be deplatformed since he's dead, and no one can deny his fundamental contributions to physics.
> Please stop this onslaught of taking down the history for some axe to grind.
You know, if someone told me to stop saying something about a historical figure because they'd "rather focus on their positive sides", I might call that "taking down the history".
> "Richard Feynman quote: [John] von Neumann gave me an interesting idea: that you don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in. So I have developed a very powerful sense of social irresponsibility as a result of von Neumann's advice. It's made me a very happy man ever since. But it was von Neumann who put the seed in that grew into my active irresponsibility!"
This is sort of an argument for perpetual childhood... and children with nuclear weapons, playing with matches, well what could go wrong?
P.S. It looks like this: https://www.henrirousseau.net/images/famous/war.jpg
Feynmann's lecture on physics are invaluable though and Caltech made them all available online recently, including the audio, so I don't see him getting 'cancelled' any time soon, even if the 1964 class was basically all-white-male, and Caltech didn't allow women students until the 1970s.
>We are trying to look at the worst of someone that did so much for the world.
Have you ever considered that maybe hagiography is a disservice to these people? I know that if I were to do something extraordinary, I would be ashamed if other people used it as a smokescreen for my shortcomings.
I'm out of the loop on this one too. Anyone care to explain?
https://galileospendulum.org/2014/07/13/the-problem-of-richa...
Thanks for letting me know!
So while he is rightfully remembered as a hero for opposing the Nazis when few others did, he also did much of the same the Nazis did, just far from Europe and against non-white people.