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Feynman: Magnets FUN TO IMAGINE 4 But see NEW UPDATED file at https://tinyurl.com/ycphc432

Christopher Sykes

Feynman: Magnets  FUN TO IMAGINE  4  But see NEW UPDATED file at https://tinyurl.com/ycphc432

A clip from the BBC Fun to Imagine series in which Richard Feynman is asked how magnets work and explains why 'why' questions depend on a shared framework of understanding and cannot always be answered in layman's terms.

Cited constantly when discussing explaining to non-experts, the limits of explanation and what a 'why' question really asks.

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