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Comment by lidHanteyk | Hacker News Reader

Everybody recommending Feynman would do well to remember his attitude towards women. Instead, here's a few hours of Susskind on general relativity [0], string theory [1], and quantum mechanics [2].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD9DDFBDC338226CA

[1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA2FDCCBC7956448F

[2] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA27CEA1B8B27EB67

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Please stop demanding dead people to be absolute saints and please cherish their good qualities.

Most of the top scientists I can name were very failed humans in other ways. If you demand absolute totalitarian compliance with modern ethical dogma you will not find many people, I'm afraid.

Feynman was also obviously socially very insecure given his double jeopardy background (blue collar parents and a jew). Rampant antisemitism was very much a thing in Feynmans day. I think this affected his obvious need to pose as the cool rebel and the alpha intellectual. But he was also ruthlessly honest. And loved physics and loved explaining things.

Please remember him for the things he loved. Not for his failures.

Poppycock! A person's art is separable from their other beliefs and actions, and Feynman was among the best both in individual contributions and communication to laymen. In any case, I'm unaware of any attitude he had about women aside from wanting to have sex with most of them.

I wouldn't recommend either because i find it to be impossible to learn physics or other complex ideas from an audio stream. But i don't think feynmann was at his core disrespectful towards women, regardless of his intermittent usage of swear words. Not from the accounts I read anyways. so that kind of criticism is ultimately more of the old social conservative critique against the bachelor lifestyle.

People can have different opinion on whether Feynman needs to be condemned or not

BUT I can stand behind recommending Susskind!

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