Thursday, May 28, 2020

Albert Einstein Explains Why We Need to Read the Classics — Josh Jones


Now that many people have time on their hands...

Open Culture
Albert Einstein Explains Why We Need to Read the Classics
Josh Jones

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For these reasons, we should be on our guard not to overestimate science and scientific methods when it is a question of human problems; and we should not assume that experts are the only ones who have a right to express themselves on questions affecting the organization of society....

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Perhaps one of the clearest and simplest statements of an outline of an argument for socialism. 

Monthly Review
Why Socialism?
Albert Einstein

11 comments:

Matt Franko said...

" He was frequently asked, and happy to volunteer, his “ideas and opinions”—as the title of a collection of his writing calls his non-scientific work, becoming a public philosopher as well as a scientist."

Two different methodologies... for (perhaps) 2 different purposes...

And Einstein probably didnt use the Liberal Arts method when he was doing his Science... and didnt use the Science method when he was doing Art...

Today we have the Artists trying to take the proper place of Scientists and things are allllllllll F-ed up...

Matt Franko said...

Lets not forget that Einstein is popularly credited with saying the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing and expecting a different result"...

And this is what the Liberal Art (Platonist) people are doing ALL THE F_ING TIME.....

They NEVER simply discard the false and make a corrective adjustment.... NEV---ERRRR....

Peter Pan said...

Tom should have listened to Muhammad Ali on Vietnam.

Peter Pan said...

Allow me to do my part to promote celebrity socialism:
https://twitter.com/outtathispussy/status/1242566267770482688/photo/1

Mike Norman said...

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."

Bingo!

Andrew Anderson said...

The Biblical model is neither fascist (our current money model) nor socialist but roughly equal ownership of all agricultural land by all citizens with provisions in the Law to keep it that way.

I'd say that any attempt to replace that model is VERY dangerous from the viewpoint of justice and Divine Judgement yet fools rush in ...

S400 said...

”They NEVER simply discard the false and make a corrective adjustment.... NEV---ERRRR....”

I see you have seat in their club house.

S400 said...

“ “I fell in love with Albert because he played Mozart so beautifully on the violin. He also plays the piano. Music helps him when he is thinking about his theories. He goes to his study, comes back, strikes a few chords on the piano, jots something down, returns to his study.”

Fucking art degree moron!

Peter Pan said...

Your effectiveness as a social critic is inversely proportional to your level of celebrity. - The Peter Principle (Updated Version)

Matt Franko said...

Einstein was a moron I would agree with that...

And btw Check out Dr Faucis CV he graduated BA in “classics” from Jesuit Holy Cross ... then went to some Med School...

You can see why the whole corona virus thing is so f-ed up here ..

S400 said...

“You can see why the whole corona virus thing is so f-ed up here ..“

That has way more with the blame game mentality. When you’re deep into that game you can’t see the real problems coming.