Guessing the Teacher's Password
When I was young, I read popular physics books such as Richard Feynman’s QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. I knew that light was waves, so…
x Guessing the Teacher's Password — LessWrong Mysterious Answers Anticipated Experiences Guessing The Teacher's Password Problem-solving (skills and techniques) Education Frontpage 338 Guessing the Teacher's Password by Eliezer Yudkowsky 22nd Aug 2007 4 min read 101 338 When I was young, I read popular physics books such as Richard Feynman’s QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter . I knew that light was waves, sound was waves, matter was waves. I took pride in my scientific literacy, when I was nine years old. When I was older, and I began to read the Feynman Lectures on Physics , I ran a
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