Richard Feynman:

I was once in a situation where I was giving a lecture, and I had some equations on the board. A guy in the audience stood up and said, 'Professor Feynman, your equations are wrong!' I looked at them and said, 'You're right!'

— Richard Feynman Modern

Quantum electrodynamics

Context

Anecdote shared in an interview or lecture

Date / Period

1980s

Source

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_A6p_t_F_w

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: grok

Method

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