Richard Feynman — "I was at a party once, and some woman said to me, 'You're a scientist, you know …"

I was at a party once, and some woman said to me, 'You're a scientist, you know all about radiation. How much radiation is in a banana?' I said, 'A banana has about 1/1000th of a milligram of radium in it.' She said, 'Oh my God, I'm never eating a banana again!' I said, 'Well, you're getting more radiation from the concrete floor you're standing on.'
Richard Feynman — Richard Feynman Modern · Quantum electrodynamics

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Interview discussing public understanding of science

Date: 1981

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