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费曼的突破：不理睬他人
Feynman’s Breakthrough: Disregard Others
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这篇文章讲述费曼的一个著名故事：他在事业低谷时决定不再在意别人在研究什么、别人怎么看，只玩自己觉得有趣的问题，由此带来了导致诺贝尔奖的突破。文章借此探讨专注自身兴趣、摆脱同侪压力对创造力的重要性。
为什么经久不衰：它触及每个知识工作者都会面临的焦虑——与他人比较、追逐热点，而费曼的故事给出了经久不衰的反答案：跟随自己的好奇心。
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「别管别人」指的是别盯着竞争对手和文献，专注自己的方向
有意思的是有人把这理解为团队合作，我认为是误读。这里的“别人”更接近“竞争者”——意思是别管其他实验室在做什么，专注自己的工作。我的博士导师也是类似态度：我不认为项目一开始就做详尽的文献综述一定是好办法，它会遮蔽你的思路，让你错过别人也错过的东西，还让你觉得所有工作都已被做完了。
bsmithers查看英文原文
It's interesting that a few people are relating this to team work. I think that is a misinterpretation. By 'others' I would infer something more like 'competitors', though I mean that relatively loosely. Essentially, ignore what other labs are working on and focus on your own (group's) works. My own PhD supervisor had a similar attitude, though it runs against how many others approach a problem I feel. For example, I'm unconvinced that starting a project with a thorough literature review is necessarily the best plan. It can shroud your thoughts, make you miss the same things everyone else has and make you feel that all the work has already been done.
费曼无视的是别人的研究进展，而非人本身
微妙之处在于他并非一味无视他人，而是无视别人正在研究什么。如果有人请他咨询或帮忙，那他就已经在做这件事，自然会帮。也就是说，他没有轻视人或问题，只是不担心重复造轮子——别人可能已有聪明的贡献，能用就用，但大体上不必为此焦虑。
taeric查看英文原文
It is subtle that he didn't just dismiss others, per se. He specifically disregarded what they were working on. If he was brought in to consult or help, he was now working on it so would help. That is, he did not dismiss people. Or problems brought to him. He just did not worry about reinventing wheels. Odds are, other people are working on something and have made really smart contributions. Don't worry about that. Take advantage of it when you can, but largely don't worry about it.
幸存者偏差警告：这类建议放大方差，未必普遍适用
这种建议更像是增大结果的方差而非提高均值：对一些人有用，对另一些人则不然。你得对整个物理学界有极强的无视，才会相信自己能造出无工质推进器——如果你真行，这很棒；否则只会通向失败。从领域边缘的离群者那里取经，有点像向彩票中奖者请教，不是不能听，但得花大力气去芜存菁。
DuskStar查看英文原文
This feels like the sort of advice that increases the variance of outcomes more than the mean, if that makes any sense. It'll help some people, but also really won't help others. It's like... You'd need some serious disregard for the rest of the physics community to think you can figure out a reactionless drive. This is great if you actually can, but otherwise it's going to lead you to failure. In a lot of ways, getting advice from the outliers on the very edge of a field is like getting advice from lottery winners. That's not to say you shouldn't - but at the same time a lot of effort has to be made to separate the wheat from the chaff.
专注自己是普遍适用的生产力原则，与天赋无关
这对所有人都适用，不只是天才。快餐店翻汉堡的员工需要专注自己的活，别管柜台同事的任务；办公室职员需要专注自己的表格，别管别人工作的类型和质量。不断拿自己的工作和别人比较时，人不可能达到巅峰的生产力或创造力——这是个连诺贝尔奖得主显然也会掉进去的基本陷阱。
peg_leg查看英文原文
This goes for everyone - not just geniuses. The burger flipper at your favorite fast food joint needs to concentrate on his own work, disregarding what the particular tasks of the counter-worker is. An office worker needs to concentrate on their own Excel workbook, disregarding the type or quality of other people's work. One can't be at peak productivity or creativity while constantly comparing their work to others. A very basic trap that even Nobel Prize winners get stuck in apparently.
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