He was a genius but he could have been more of a genius if he realized the
full spectrum of what he could do with his understanding of science applied
to development of inventions. - Red Ace
"the submarine has already been taken…" so funny - dubhad
Where's my dollar? lmao....I love it. - joe jones
hahha when I was 10 I drew a Hydorgen power car, tha was 28 years ago,
hahahah I should patented the Hydrogen run car, :( - Frias Juan
Richard Feynman's take on his patents:
Richard Feynman - Patents
His story just gets funnier and funnier as it goes along! - B Neff
Array - Ignacio Pisso
Richard Feynman talks about some of his unusual patents and how they came
into being through some of his own ideas for possible.nuclear powered
vehicles, which he brainstormed during his time working on the atomic bomb
in The Manhattan Project.
Feynman himself had no idea they would patent these ideas and only found
out about it when he was offered a job of being the head of a research team
to develop a nuclear powered aircraft. Feynman did not accept this job, as
he was a theoretical physicist and aircraft engineering was of no interest
to him.
For legal reasons, a dollar was to be exchanged for the patent papers.
Since Feynman received no dollar, he went to the patent office to get his
dollar and used it to buy sweets as a joke to the bureaucratic and anal
nature of patent law and the goons who enforce it. - Muon Ray
"one time in the office I just mentioned all these obvious things" - that
tells you all you need to know about the wonderful world of patents - dubhad
Not interested in the money he just wanted to be a professor: genius
status! What an incredible person. - mrmariomantube
Thanks a bunch for uploading. It sounds even more funny on tape than in the
book. Simply straight and honest. - hy phen
"Intellectual Property" - what a contradiction in terms. - PropaneWP
Coffee all over my keyboard. XD - rhov233
I believe that patents and other methods of restricting science and culture
at this moment represent a detrimental and polarizing factor that threaten
our evolution and well-being as a species. Property is not an end-all
fundamental and has to take the back seat when the aforementioned values
are significantly threatened or hampered. Ideally, all information should
be free. - PropaneWP
I largely agree with you, but I don't think an idealized system like that
will work today. Money is the object that hinders our civilization. I'm an
Electrical Engineering student who works also to pay bills, and all of the
information I am learning costs money. I could piece it all together myself
from the internet, but it would take a lifetime. If we think just about the
books I buy, If people didn't get paid for those books, what reason would
the writers have to have them compiled/published? - Justin Hall
Not if you are the first person to come up with the idea. - Nautilus1972
lol laugehd so much :D - spannungsquelle stromquelle
They are from Ralph Leighton's recordings of conversations between him and
Richard Feynman. - Muon Ray
Thanks. - Rhymenoceros
Where's this from? - raydredX
I have an answer, property is a societal concept and reality. Intellect is
an innate part of us. They don't mix well. That's probably not what the
other guy meant, but there we go - willzer808
$1...This guys nutty! - Mulla Nasrudin
You muon, YOU, are fucking AWESOME. - Kevin Gallagher
There are other incentives besides monetary gain. But yes, I agree that
capitalism has its definite benefits. The problem however, is that
unlimited or even poorly tended capitalism always tend toward devastating
side effects, such as corruption, speculation, exploitation, invalidation
of democratic principles, etc. snowballing. I.e. - because of the inherent
temptations of capitalism, it ultimately is a destructive force if not
controlled properly. There needs to be a counter-balance. - PropaneWP
Someday I hope Mr. Leighton decides to release all of Feynman's audio
recordings :( - atomicmurp1
Why? Information is organized matter, if you can own an object, then you
should be able to own information also. An idea is a structure, if you
build something from materials that you own, you should own that structure.
When you own a structure, you get to choose who can use it. How is
intellectual property contradictory at all? Intellectual: Product of the
faculty of thought. Property: That which belongs exclusively to one or more
specified entities. - Justin Hall
Didn't they release a bunch to the BBC? I forget. - Kevin Gallagher
As good a case against intellectual property as ive ever heard. The notion
of owning an idea is nonsense. - PrivateAckbar
Not if you're a capitalist. If you're a professor, sure, you want everyone
to know how your ideas and inventions work, and you want them to be free
for anyone to produce, but if you are a capitalist without the ability to
patent or copyright your works, then you'll be pretty angry when wealthy
companies make all the money from your hard work while you live in poverty.
In fact, without a chance to capitalize from your ideas, there's not much
reason to share any of them with the world, is there? - Justin Hall
Now for the more important question. Where can we find more of this? We
want MOAR! - Domen Furar
Array - Parmod Kumar
Array - Man Dala
XD - Michael Mittner
Richard Feynman's take on his patents:
Richard Feynman - Patents
His story just gets funnier and funnier as it goes along! - Dave Taht