This is the original upload of the piece. There is now a much higher quality version at https://tinyurl.com/ycphc432 Enjoy! See also Feynman MAGNETS EXTRA on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdA-l_Lnp2E "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 now watch higher quality versions of these episodes at the BBC website www.bbc.co.uk/archive/feynman/ Also the 1981 'Horizon' and 'Nova' Feynman documentary THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT