Sublime

“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to... See more

Beautiful letter by Richard Feynman to Koichi Mano, his grad student: Importance of your research problem is determined solely by you. If you can solve or contribute to solve the problem, then it is important. Even better if you can come up with such a solvable problem yourself. https://t.co/sunq7WkdMQ

This is my favorite documentary of one of my favorite people, Richard Feynman. His lectures and books—such as Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)—have greatly inspired many of my best decisions in life. He also inspired me to teach. I hope you enjoy the... See more

In fact, everything we know is only some kind of approximation, because we know that we do not know all the laws as yet. Therefore, things must be learned only to be unlearned again or, more likely, to be corrected.

This is a letter Feynman wrote to a former student who wrote congratulating him for the Nobel. I’ve posted it before but I really find it worth it to read especially as a student or early stage research person. https://t.co/Cr6FL2nfRb