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[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Why? He was relatively contemporary and lived a pretty normal life relative to most of us compared to the historical figures.

That and he was a mega sexist who made the lives of women in science much worse for literal decades.

https://youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 12 points 3 days ago

To be frank, if you put Angela on this list my answer would be her a thousand times over. Shes just so damn engaging, love her content.

[–] outerspace@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Good video, knew what it was before clicking haha

[–] tfed@infosec.exchange 2 points 3 days ago

@mholiv Feynman was a smart theoretical physicist, but popular he was in "public" for being an asshole, unfortunately.

Meaning: Feynman was surely popular among physicists, he did a lot of important work, but among public he was famous not for his work, but for normal stories like StreepClub :ablobcatpopcorn: