To: MtnClimber
Both James Watson, the co-discoverer of DNA’s structure, and Richard Feynman, who worked on the path integral of quantum mechanics, had scores too low to gain membership in Mensa. Yet Feynman was a Putnam fellow, a top-five finisher in the 1939 Putnam mathematical competition. The Putnam competition is a far more rigorous test of math intelligence than an IQ test. Feynman's biography is titled "Genius" for good reason.
30 posted on
10/05/2018 10:49:35 PM PDT by
TChad
To: TChad
I have known several Mensa members and all of them seemed to have a screw loose.
33 posted on
10/05/2018 10:56:53 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: TChad
Agreed. Using Feynman in there trope caused me to spit bile in my mouth. I have reread his lectures multiple times. He was the one with a “beautiful mind.”
36 posted on
10/05/2018 11:00:55 PM PDT by
PA Engineer
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To: TChad
My career was as an electrical engineer. Richard Feynman’s lectures on physics were like hearing from God why things work like they do.
52 posted on
10/05/2018 11:37:29 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: TChad
Feynman was a most interesting character. He appeared genius.
100 posted on
10/06/2018 6:05:35 AM PDT by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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