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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....
Einstein played the violin.
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Perhaps one of the clearest and simplest statements of an outline of an argument for socialism.
Why Socialism?
Albert Einstein
" 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."
ReplyDeleteTwo 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...
Lets not forget that Einstein is popularly credited with saying the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing and expecting a different result"...
ReplyDeleteAnd 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....
Tom should have listened to Muhammad Ali on Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteAllow me to do my part to promote celebrity socialism:
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/outtathispussy/status/1242566267770482688/photo/1
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."
ReplyDeleteBingo!
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.
ReplyDeleteI'd say that any attempt to replace that model is VERY dangerous from the viewpoint of justice and Divine Judgement yet fools rush in ...
”They NEVER simply discard the false and make a corrective adjustment.... NEV---ERRRR....”
ReplyDeleteI see you have seat in their club house.
“ “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.”
ReplyDeleteFucking art degree moron!
Your effectiveness as a social critic is inversely proportional to your level of celebrity. - The Peter Principle (Updated Version)
ReplyDeleteEinstein was a moron I would agree with that...
ReplyDeleteAnd 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 ..
“You can see why the whole corona virus thing is so f-ed up here ..“
ReplyDeleteThat has way more with the blame game mentality. When you’re deep into that game you can’t see the real problems coming.