Week 1, Expert Lecture Richard Feynman

I found the expert lecture by Richard Feynman on the topic ofCritical Thinking in Physics, absolutely interesting because he usedthe example of the flower and its beauty. He stated that beauty isavailable for everyone to see but it takes that one person to seekfurther on the beauty of the flower and what it consists of. It isamazing to understand the background of a flower if one actuallystops to analyze it not just for its beauty but also what isphysically behind the flowers characteristics. As I was viewing thelecture on Mr. Feynman, he seemed to be very critical on what he wasgoing to say. For example, when he was drawing a sketch of the womansitting on the chair, he analyzed and stopped to think of what wasbeautiful of her personal features but as well as the environmentthat surrounded her and then proceeded to draw every detail extracarefully.Mr. Feyman focused on the important characteristics on his drawing toshow what he personally was seeing through his own eyes. I'm thinkingthat he was critical of all the details because if he was not, thanit was not a true exact representation of what he was visualizing.For example, the details in the flower; many people do not stop tothink what the foundation of a flower consist, because it is not partof our daily analyses and for many of us it does not matter what aflower consist of, just that flowers are beautiful and they smellgood. After reviewing Mr. Feyman view, now I understand that we needto focus more on our surroundings to understand why things are theway they are and not jump to conclusions without studying them morethoroughly.