{"id":257,"date":"2015-01-06T08:25:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T12:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/BillAngel\/?p=257"},"modified":"2015-01-06T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T12:25:53","slug":"richard-feynman-metaphorically-describes-the-quest-for-scientific-understanding-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/2015\/01\/06\/richard-feynman-metaphorically-describes-the-quest-for-scientific-understanding-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Feynman metaphorically describes the quest for scientific understanding (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Richard Feynman explains the feeling of confusion\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lytxafTXg6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs-new.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420516234522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-new.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420516234522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1036\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420516234522.jpg 1036w, http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420516234522-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420516234522-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420516234522-1024x771.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\" \/><\/a> What Feynman is presenting in the video is an atheist&#8217;s version of the story of Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge. Feynman&#8217;s banana is analogous to the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, which is more typically depicted as an apple.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs-new.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420521301353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-new.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420521301353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420521301353.jpg 782w, http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420521301353-300x290.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/01\/PicsArt_1420521301353-768x741.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as an atheist, Feynman rejects the version of man&#8217;s origins presented in Genesis, but rather considers man to be a close relative and a descendant of the apes. Plucking a banana from its tree is like obtaining one additional bit of understanding of &#8220;the ultimate laws of physics&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Feynman is presenting in the video is an atheist&#8217;s version of the story of Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge. Feynman&#8217;s banana is analogous to the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, which is more typically depicted &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/2015\/01\/06\/richard-feynman-metaphorically-describes-the-quest-for-scientific-understanding-video\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[11,68,74,75],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-sciences","tag-atheism","tag-richard-feynman","tag-search-for-knowledge","tag-selfportrait"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/billangel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}