icbm67
icbm67 OP t1_iu8bqv6 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
It's the white people who implemented those "quotas" and prevented others to get in. Now Asians, Hispanics are getting in unis through merit and form the majority now while Whites are demanding that there should be a quota.
I don't see the problem here. When Whites were over represented by usurping other minorities place they weren't so keen on talking on "leaving degrees for the rest". Now other minorities are getting in through pure merit and whites are like "leave some for the rest"
Hypocrites
icbm67 OP t1_iu8b8l2 wrote
Reply to comment by bigbrothersrule in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
Yeah. Often Jewish people had to go to NYU or City University of New York instead of Ivies because of discrimination in admission.
icbm67 OP t1_iu85y60 wrote
Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
Exactly, Fuchs was a spy and before he was caught he was asked once that who could be a spy among the Los Alamos scientists. He accused Feynman because RF would pick locks on the safes of other scientists and would travel to Albuquerque (to visit his dying wife).
icbm67 OP t1_iu85i63 wrote
Reply to comment by ALifeLongLearner in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
Yeah. Read about that too. Wikipedia says: "He liked to date undergraduates, hire prostitutes, and sleep with the wives of friends."
icbm67 OP t1_iucgtd8 wrote
Reply to comment by lemmecheckit in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
He did it for fun and to prove that he could do "magic".