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richardburton on Jan 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Feynman on explanations

Another amazing line: "So I am not going to be able to give you an answer to why magnets attract each other except to tell you that they do."

grannyg00se on Jan 9, 2012 [–]

I love this about his style. If he couldn't explain something in a manner simple enough for the audience to understand, he didn't explain it at all. There is no simplified yet incorrect version offered.

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