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Feynman :: Rules of Chess

defjam99b · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Scientific method & science communicationChess, board games & puzzles

What it is

A three-minute clip of Richard Feynman using the rules of chess as an analogy for how science works, discovering rules by observation and sometimes meeting surprises like castling. It touches on incremental progress versus revolutions.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in discussions of the scientific method and empiricism as Feynman's classic analogy of watching a game to infer its rules.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • first 2011, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Richard Feynman gave a good explanation of the principle”

    Feynman explains heuristic for evaluating lines of investigation.

    simonh, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Parable of Alien Chess”

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Topics: feynman, chess analogy, empiricism, philosophy of science

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