Ah, that cargo cult science—Feynman was talking about doing all the *external* rituals of science, like publishing papers or setting up labs, but missing the core honesty of admitting what you don't know. The O-ring in ice water was his dramatic example for the Challenger disaster investigation, showing how a material loses flexibility in the cold.
You know, it reminds me of our factory's quality checks—sometimes they just stamp the garment without *yengba*, really looking, because the process says so. My life on the nightshift teaches me that real understanding isn't in the procedure; it's in feeling the stiff, cold rubber of a faulty machine belt at 3 AM and knowing exactly why it will fail.
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