“Since then I never pay attention to anything by "experts". I calculate everything myself.”

—  Richard Feynman

After having been led astray on neutron-proton coupling by reports of "beta-decay experts".
Part 5: "The World of One Physicist", "The 7 Percent Solution", p. 255
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)

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