Bigoteers have no heart. In a blind and one-sided attack on Richard Feynman, they left out this letter to his first wife and high-school sweetheart.
The letter was written a year after she died from tuberculosis.
@InertialObservr @starstrickenSFhttps://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/the-most-beautiful-letter-richard-feynman-ever-wrote …
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While his wife was sick, here's how Feynman chose his dorm room at Los Alamos: "I looked to see where the girls' dormitory was, and then I picked a room that looked right across... though later I discovered a big tree was growing right in front of the window of that room."
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Replying to @RhiannonDauster @JordanHedberg and
I don't think he was particularly sexist compared to others of his time, or even today. Is there any evidence of his hindering any woman's career in physics, or discouraging them? Were there ever any complaints or accusations made against him?
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Here his sister, Joan talks about how he encouraged her to read and understand a physics book, despite their mother's belief that "women's brains couldn't do science":https://youtu.be/sGWjt0_mjMc
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yea like i said there's no evidence that he thought they were incapable in any way, as far as i'm aware
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