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by spfzero 2032 days ago
Feinman said something like that. IIRC, “I cannot understand it if I cannot create it.” I probably butchered it.
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bullen 2032 days ago
"What I cannot create, I do not understand" - What he meant by this was re-implement more than re-invent... re-invent is an oxymoron I just realized; you cannot re- something that needs to be new.
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