2. This talks is about …
testers
brain
Curiosity mindset
Imagination
Richard Feynman
Creativity
Skepticism
Courage
Richard Feynman graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
1939 and obtained perfect marks in maths and physics exams for the graduate
school at Princeton University — an unprecedented feat. “At 23 there was no
physicist on Earth who could match his exuberant command over the native
materials of theoretical science,” writes his biographer James Gleick.
Feynmanism
3. Who is this curious character?
I learned very early the difference
between knowing the name of
something and knowing something
– Richard Feynman
I can live with doubt and uncertainty
and not knowing. I think it’s much
more interesting to live not knowing
than to have answers which might be
wrong – Richard Feynman
5. Curiosity
It is the seed of quest to
know something new
Curiosity has a history
We are born curious – become
dumb as we grow up
6. Imagination
What is now proved was once only imagined – William Blake.
• Feynman’s main work Quantum
Electrodynamics – where only imagination helps.
• Imagination feeds to creativity and curiosity
• Imagination allows you think about “impossible”
• Its human faculty that distinguishes human from
other intellectual forms of life
• Imagine is Fun – where you can be yourself
7. Creativity
There is plenty of room at the bottom
- Birth of Nano Technology
Classic Lecture on Dec 29th 1969
Why cannot we write the entire 24
volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica
on the head of a pin?
Atoms on a small scale behave like
nothing on a large scale
The problems of chemistry and biology
can be greatly helped if our ability to
see what we are doing, and to do things
on an atomic level, is ultimately
developed – a development which I
think cannot be avoided.
8. Courage
• Ability to stand-up with conviction – often
against popular belief
• Ability to persist despite of ridicule, rejection
and humiliation
• Ability to be humble when proved right
Courage brings about good things created/understood through
Curiosity and Imagination…. And of course you need to be
creatively courageous
9. Testing is more like works of …
Take PRIDE in your work as testers !!!!
12. Indulge in divergent/creative thinking exercises to
condition your brain .. Good testing thrives in curious and
imaginative thinking
Think critically about your beliefs and values about
testing or anything that is important to you …. More
often … deeply
Allow your mind to wander … but watch it - mindfulness