Richard Feynman on Why Naming a Bird Is Not Understanding It
Yves Messer · Commentary · 2 min · 2013 · YouTube title: Richard Feynman: "What's the name of a bird?"
Why it's here
Reached for whenever a thread touches on naming versus actually understanding something.
What it covers
A short clip from a 1973 NOVA episode in which Richard Feynman recalls his father teaching him that knowing the name of a bird in many languages tells you nothing about the bird.