It has gotten so absurd that I do a lot of walking at my work, usually in an empty conference room and people have many a time wondered if I do any work at all.
But, I love it. The challenge, the walk and the solution is exhilarating to me.
I always suspected its the triumph of some educators deep down in history - who had a preference for a quite audience over one restless challenging the presented ideas.
I am from India and most offices are in the middle of concrete jungles. Even in IT companies, there are no places to walk around. It's a shame.
Looking at houses in the US, especially rural areas makes my mind orgasm. Such serene places.
Crazy stuff!
The chapter describes how Feynman came across how his colleague visualizes a task. IIRC Feynman does it visually (imagines something visual in his mind) and thus can do voice related activities while he is thinking, but his colleague does it by visualizing sound (he thinks tick-tock sounds in his mind), so can do visual tasks while he is thinking.
Really fascinating how a human mind works.
Also reminds me of the quote by Einstein, something about judging the ability of a fish to climb a tree.
Everyone has a unique and effective way to navigate the world intellectually.
Almost certainly not by Einstein, for what it's worth. It was probably made up by motivational speaker Matthew Kelly or someone close to him, as the earliest verifiable occurrence of the quotation is in his 2004 book The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose [1].
https://www.discogs.com/Blurt-The-Fish-Needs-A-Bike/release/...