Jared Diamond is correct that geology strongly influences culture. Look at the similarity between manners in Japan and Britain. There's also the Ainu / Irish parallel.
Most people aren't well-read outside their specialty. Indeed I can only think of...two?
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Correct. Author footnote: "That wouldn’t be a bad thing, except his books are basically philosophy ..."
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Same problem Feynmann frequently ran into.
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The system would have ruthlessly crushed any higher-calibre candidate, though.
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Interesting. (Lmk if you have ready example of Feynman erring.)
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I don't, but I'll keep an eye out and pass it along when I see it next.
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Feynman what now?
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Not very good at philosophy
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Who's good at philosophy?
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