Einstein Didnt Say That

Indeed, Einstein clearly believed, as seen in many quotations above, that the universe was comprehensible and rational, but he also described this characteristic of the universe as a "miracle". In another example, he is quoted as claiming belief in a God, "Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world.

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The other is as though everything is a miracle. As quoted in From Yale to Jail: We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books - a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my life.

There is no other information in the FBI's released files as to what source attributed this statement to Einstein, and the files are full of falsehoods, including the accusation that Einstein was secretly pro-communist, when in fact he was openly so Albert Einstein Vierick Interview Common sense is actually nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen. However, this post from quoteinvestigator.

Einstein" in Harper's Magazine, from May , in which Barrett wrote "But as Einstein has pointed out, common sense is actually nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen. In any case, the interview was republished in a book of the same title, and Einstein wrote a foreword which praised Barrett's work on the book, so it's likely he read the quote about common sense and at least had no objection to it, whether or not he recalled making the specific comment.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe. Fairy tales and more fairy tales. Volumes , p. The story is given as follows: Motivated partly by her admiration for him, she held hopes that her son might become a scientist. One day she asked Dr. Einstein's advice about the kind of reading that would best prepare the child for this career. To her surprise, the scientist recommended 'Fairy tales and more fairy tales.

Einstein persisted, adding that creative imagination is the essential element in the intellectual equipment of the true scientist, and that fairy tales are the childhood stimulus to this quality. Found in Breaking the Magic Spell: If you want them to be very brilliant, tell them even more fairy tales. This version can be found in Usenet posts from before , like this one from If you want them to be very intelligent, read them more fairy tales. The Scientist and the Cinema by Christopher Frayling , p. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

Although similar to many of Einstein's comments about the importance of intuition and imagination, no sources for this can be found prior to The Psychology of Consciousness by Robert Evan Ornstein , p. A number of early sources from the s and s attribute it to The Intuitive Edge by Philip Goldberg , which also provides no original source. Two things are infinite: As discussed in this entry from The Quote Investigator , the earliest published attribution of a similar quote to Einstein seems to have been in Gestalt therapist Frederick S.

Perls ' book Gestalt Theory Verbatim , where he wrote on p. Einstein has proved that the universe is limited. The quote itself may be a variant of a similar quote attributed even earlier to the philosopher Ernest Renan , found for example in The Public: Volume 18 from , which says on p. Since these variants have not been found in Renan's own writings, they may represent false attributions as well. They may also be variants of an even older saying; for example, the book Des vers by Guy de Maupassant includes on p.

The earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is infinite! Issues — from , p. Translated to German as: Aber beim Universum bin ich mir nicht ganz sicher. Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. We cannot solve the problems using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them "Einstein's famous saying in Copenhagen", as quoted in a FBIS Daily Report: East Europe 4 April , p.

No original source where Einstein supposedly said this has been located, and it is absent from authoritative sources such as Calaprice, The Ultimate Quotable Einstein. Misattributed [ edit ] I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots. I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots. I fear the day when technology overlaps our humanity. It will be then that the world will have permanent ensuing generations of idiots.

Although it is a popular quote on the internet, there is no substantial evidence that Einstein actually said that. Contempt prior to investigation is what enslaves a mind to Ignorance. This or similar statements are more often misattributed to Herbert Spencer , but the source of the phrase "contempt prior to investigation" seems to have been William Paley , A View of the Evidences of Christianity Then I looked to the great editors of the newspapers whose flaming editorials in days gone by had proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the universities, were silenced in a few short weeks.

Then I looked to individual writers who, as literary guides of Germany, had written much and often concerning the place of freedom in modern life; but they, too, were mute.

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After the quote appeared in Time magazine 23 December , p. I made this statement during the first years of the Nazi-Regime — much earlier than — and my expressions were a little more moderate. Cornelius Greenway of Brooklyn, who asked if Einstein would write out the statement in his own hand, Einstein was more vehement in his repudiation of the statement 14 November [11]: Einstein also made some scathingly negative comments about the behavior of the Church under the Nazi regime and its behavior towards Jews throughout history in a conversation with William Hermanns recorded in Hermanns' book Einstein and the Poet The concentration camps make the actions of Ghengis Khan look like child's play.

But what makes me shudder is that the Church is silent. One doesn't need to be a prophet to say, 'The Catholic Church will pay for this silence. Hermanns, you will live to see that there is moral law in the universe.

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There are cosmic laws, Dr. They cannot be bribed by prayers or incense. What an insult to the principles of creation. But remember, that for God a thousand years is a day. This power maneuver of the Church, these Concordats through the centuries with worldly powers.

We live now in a scientific age and in a psychological age. You are a sociologist, aren't you? You know what the Herdenmenschen men of herd mentality can do when they are organized and have a leader, especially if he is a spokesmen for the Church. I do not say that the unspeakable crimes of the Church for years had always the blessings of the Vatican, but it vaccinated its believers with the idea: We have the true God, and the Jews have crucified Him. The Church sowed hate instead of love, though the Ten Commandments state: Thou shalt not kill.

Created in rumors and destroyed through research. The scary thing is that both fact and fiction can live together so peacefully. Librarians constantly run into this… there is a striking quote … somebody tweaks it a little to make it more like what they like, then it is attributed to someone, usually famous, or relevant to what somebody thinks the quote is about. These things unravel all the time once somebody looks for proper attribution. He went to Stone Hill College—check out the top of their computer science page! Hi Ben, How long did this investigation take?

Thanks for the info. Thanks, please help spread the word — I think it will be a neat experiment to see how easily a worldwide misconception can be corrected. I think was the peak of people misquoting Einstein on this particular issue or I could be wrong — its harder to prove that someone never said something than that they did. If fewer books and websites attribute this to Einstein in then I think there may be hope for the internet yet.

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The goal is to shrink the number of web results found from 21, I read that the time it takes for ideas to spread is approaching zero — compared to the hundreds of years it used to take for new ideas to travel from places like China to Europe and beyond. I think it's been tried millions of times over the course of history, and, human nature being what it is, it has been proven to be exceedingly difficult.

And in a splendid fashion! Peter — That is ironic. It seems in this case, that collective wisdom leads most people to believe what they want to believe or perhaps what is convenient to believe. We believe that if we keep looking, that somewhere — amongst the billions of pages, the answer must be there, somewhere. Some people need to search more, others need to search less. Ben, I am having pretty much the same oproblem as you did, trying to cite a quote from Einstein.

In the quotable einstein, i cant even find reference to it although countless times i see this quote referenced to Einstein 'Any intellegent fool can make things bigger…… do you know if he really sid that and when??? Try Google Book search…look for earliest version of that quote…someone must have cited the source. Did you try some local libraries to find out if there is a copy of Advances in Instrumentation in your area? I notice you are in Houston. The University of Houston has the issue you need. You can do searches in http: You can put in your zipcode and get results back for libraries closest to you.

I'll make a blog post about this soon. Thanks for sharing the information. Thanks for posting this. I just read this quote in an article on the Huffington Post: The behemoths he might have been familiar with were being used to calculate missile trajectories — not even an area a pacifist like Einstein would have sullied himself.

Did Einstein Say ‘I Fear the Day that Technology Will Surpass Our Human Interaction …’?

Even if the computers of his day were not the size of Walmart, his thinking, which was largely intuitive and visceral, would not have required them. None of his fundamental research was computationally dense, except in symbol manipulation. I found the book. I am using it in a paper. It can be obtained from The University of Michigan. Here's how I am writing it up for a research paper — and I agree with you. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant.

Together they are powerful beyond imagination. There are no references to scholarly articles, books or even speeches proving that Einstein ever said it. A paper industry application of systems engineering and direct digital control. Journal of Advances in Instrumentation, V. I don't think that BlogJet is the best to try webs on. I'd rather tell you to try Drupal solutions because they manage sites, either they belong to Rupert Murdoch or to anyone.

And of course Einstein never said that… because he wouldn't agree with internet first of all. The end of the following article attributes the pseudo-Einstein quote to Leo Cherne in ; if accurate, it may be earlier than the Advances in Instrumentation quote — one would have to determine when the authors of the latter article wrote it. Thanks for the info! Much appreciated… I strongly suspected this was NOT a quote of his — as I frequently refer to his sayings.

Im glad I didn't have to dig as much as you in order to prove my point to a fellow misquoter. Thank you for this research. I have forwarded the link on to the creator of iGoogle's 'Einstein Quote of the Day' widget, after seeing this quote on it and wishing to discover the origins. I have the Einstein quotes of the day on my desktop and after reading this one thought that gee I didn't know computers were around at the time Einstein was alive and were FAST. I am glad there are people out there who were smart enough to figure out that Einstein probably didn't say that and have done some actual research.

I thought it was very helpful and also informative as to its possible origin. Computers are extremely fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are notoriously slow, sloppy and highly intelligent. When the intelligence of humans is coupled with the speed and accuracy of computers, data processing that far outreaches anything in the past becomes possible. Thanks — I think we are getting closer. But somehow I find it hard to believe that these obscure journals were the orginal source and that they all said the same thing with such consistancy.

Came across your blog on the Einstein computer quote while researching another, ascribed to AE without citation numerous times on the net: Thanks for raising the bar, Ben. In addition, you scientists and people who think about the process of creative, innovative discovery often cite the importance of being completely wrong-headed in your thinking in order to muster the confidence to trace an idea to its logical conclusion and stumble on a new discovery. The thought captured in the quote is explored in detail here — http: Instead, search for the quote or part of the quote and see if you can find the real source or earliest reference to it.

Quotes morph over time, usually becoming simpler. Any idea from any scientist in the 20th century will eventually be attributed to Einstein. There are hundreds of books on the nature of science, rationalism, the mind, and creativity that would LOVE a quote like that written before If the original source exists, you might find it here: I'm glad I didn't just take the UK government at face value and borrow a quotation from one of their publications without checking the source now!

Not only do I have a more accurate reference, the article quoted below by David that contained the original Chene reference has made a perfect introduction to my dissertation proposal on ICT in Education. A great bit of detective work. I admire your perseverance and am certain that you will yet reach the actual source.

I will use the date instead. Regardless of who said it I like the fact that it is old when computers are no way near as fast as they are now. Very well done, thank you. An associate of mine used it and I was taken-back — due to the year of Alberts death.



This shut him up and earned me a few pints. Thanks for the research. AlanWR that was my initial reaction too. See for instance M. He was referring to an abacus or an adding machine… not our familiar pc, nor it ginourmous predecessor. I saw this quote attributed to Einstein and immediately became suspicious. Einstein died when computer was still at its infancy, and Einstein never grew up with it. It would be kinda odd for Einstein to say that. Well done — I saw this whilst installing BlogJet too — and like you was suspicious of its validity. As you say misquoting to somehow strengthen their case.

Would it be churlish of me to un-install their trial and never buy it…? Just heard the quote today listening to a keynote talk — and also could not believe that it was attributed to Einstein. Hence I came across this page and would like to express my respect for your accurate work! A snippet from p.

Every day the google books library is getting bigger, so hopefully we will eventually solve this mystery. Unfortunately, unless it turns out Confucius actually said, people are likely to keep attributing it to Einstein. I think the pattern is this:. If it sounds like a fortune cookie — Confucius said it. If it sounds like science — Einstein said it.

If is sounds political it was Thomas Jefferson. Eventually the the public will consolidate all knowledge and wisdom to a quote by a single person. I really admire your research to find truth on this seemingly simple matter. Hope you do find the real author, I think that would be a treat. I myself also was quite annoyed by the fact that the quote most likely was not by einstein and some fools hade set about befouling his name with wrongful quoatation smitten be thee by the lord!

Much to my displeasure. Every thing in my conscious being screamed out in pain the moment I read it! But this is my fave. The quote struck me as really good, I wanted to know more — and landed here. Unfortunately, the bibliography page has gone… but the name I have is John Higgins, and from another footnote it is possible that my quote came from a book called Language, Learners and Computers What I also think is quite funny is the fact that there are so many different forms of the same quotation. Humans are slow, inaccurate and brilliant. When we are able to combine these effectively, te results will be unimaginable.

I read this quote on my school website today and was immediately suspicious. At this point, who should I credit for the misattributed version? I liked it a little more when it was attributed to Einstein. Part of its popularity must go to Einstein but part of its appeal has to be because it rings true.

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But no book actually about Einstein mentions the quote…or anything else about computers. Transistors are faster, smaller and create less heat than traditional vacuum tubs, making these computers more reliable and efficient. Its estimated to have done more arithmetic than the entire human race had done prior to So if not Einstein, then who?