If you've ever read any of Feynman's (not-technical, mostly autobiographical) books, you won't be too surprised about some of the claims made by Murray Gell-Mann here. It's refreshing to hear someone talk about Feynman, other than Feynman talk about himself, yet as claimed by YT's first comment:
Ironically this interview turns out to be yet another great anecdote about Feynman.
This is the first video I've ever seen on YT where the comment section is HN-discussion level-worthy (incidentally, it's a HN thread section on alleged physical abuse by Feynman that brought me to this YT video)...
Still, I'll keep recommending Feynman's books, he's just a delightful storyteller (and you can get to know quite a lot about the Manhattan project reading him).
Hahaha... Sounds like he was pretty great at self marketing.
You have to imagine how legendary Feynman would be today in the age of social media.
He would have been cancelled a few times already ;)
Yeah, his books show he excelled at self marketing. I read somewhere he retold every story in many ways and adjusted them based on how people best reacted to them to build his legacy.