> “No, no!”, Feynman objected strongly.
> “They aren’t a record of my thinking process. They are my thinking process. I actually did the work on the paper.”
> “Well,” Weiner said, “The work was done in your head, but the record of it is still here.”
> “No, it’s not a record, not really. It’s working. You have to work on paper and this is the paper. Okay?”, Feynman explained.
Then we augment/externalized our short and long term memory from our minds with writing.
You'll always find a symbol covered napkin next to someone who's working out something difficult, without any writing paper.
> “No, no!”, Feynman objected strongly.
> “They aren’t a record of my thinking process. They are my thinking process. I actually did the work on the paper.”
> “Well,” Weiner said, “The work was done in your head, but the record of it is still here.”
> “No, it’s not a record, not really. It’s working. You have to work on paper and this is the paper. Okay?”, Feynman explained.