NEW upload of classic 1983 Feynman piece on how magnets work. Original upload (1.4m+ views) and all Comments (3000+) is at https://tinyurl.com/b47hvys

"Water, fire, air and dirt/
F*cking magnets, how do they work?/
And I don't wanna talk to a scientist/
Y'all motherf*ckers lying, and getting me pissed"

- Insane Clown Posse, Miracles (2009)

Here, physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman explains to a non-scientist just how difficult it is to answer certain questions in lay terms! A classic example of Feynman's clarity of thought, powers of explanation and intellectual honesty - and his refusal to 'cheat' with misleading analogies... From the BBC TV series 'Fun to Imagine'(1983). You can watch higher quality versions of these
FUN TO IMAGINE episodes on the BBC website at www.bbc.co.uk/archive/feynman/ Also the 1981 'Horizon' and 'Nova' Feynman documentary THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT