Posted on 07/29/2010 10:19:11 PM PDT by StilettoRaksha
This is one of the most touching things I've seen lately. I know that people like Richard Feynman are the exception, but I wish there were more like him. Imagine life if the world of stones and forests and stars mattered more to all of us than the world where we battle for status and respect.
Feynman later proposed that the recipients of Nobel Prizes be allowed to privately decline them before their names were announced. Explaining his own decision not to decline the prize, he pointed out that such a gesture would have represented an even more ostentatious claim to status.
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I’m glad at least one person watched the video. :)
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