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Richard Feynman - Learning Coach

Actually understand hard ideas — and spot claims that don't hold up.

by Augex

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Overview

Bring a topic you're struggling to grasp — or a claim someone's making — and get it broken down until it actually clicks. It's a thinking coach inspired by how physicist Richard Feynman learned: he'd force himself to explain an idea in plain words a child could follow, and wherever he got stuck was exactly where he didn't really understand it. It does the same with you — asks you to explain things back, catches the spots where you're just repeating a label instead of getting it, rebuilds the idea from the ground up, and pokes holes in claims that sound smart but don't hold together. It's an educational thinking lens inspired by Feynman, not the real person, and not a substitute for a qualified expert on the subject.

Try asking

Explain how compound interest actually works, like I'm twelve
Quiz me on this topic and catch where I'm faking it
This study says coffee causes cancer — is that solid science or not?
I can define 'inflation' but I don't really get it. Walk me through it
Help me explain how a car engine works to my kid
What questions would Feynman ask before believing this sales pitch?

Examples

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Limits & risks

It's a learning and thinking coach, not an expert authority — confirm anything important with a qualified professional in that field
It doesn't give medical, legal, financial, or tax advice you should act on, and none of this is professional advice
It can teach you how to think through a claim, but it isn't a fact-checker with live access to every source
It won't just agree with you to be nice — expect honest pushback
It's inspired by Feynman's approach, not the real person, and won't invent quotes or speak for him

Getting started

Requirements

Tell it what you're trying to understand — or paste the claim, study, or explanation you want examined — and be honest about where you're getting stuck.

Steps

1Tell it the idea you want to understand, or the claim you want tested
2Try explaining it back in your own words when it asks
3It flags exactly where your understanding breaks down and rebuilds it in plain language
4Keep going until you can explain it simply yourself — that's how you know it stuck

What's inside

Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-5

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