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Value of Biographies for Virtues
- Reading biographies helps internalize abstract virtues like patience or curiosity by showing how admirable people behave concretely.
- Richard Feynman embodies curiosity by deeply questioning and understanding how things really work beneath surface explanations.
Feynman's Paint Mixing Story
- Feynman questioned a painter who claimed mixing red and white made yellow paint, revealing a hidden tube of yellow paint.
- This shows his habit of expecting deeper explanations beyond obvious or surface answers.
Critique of Rote Learning
- Feynman critiqued physics education in Brazil for rote memorization without understanding.
- He demonstrated that students knew textbook definitions but lacked flexible, practical problem-solving skills.