Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.:274 Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 March 1879
CityUlm, Germany
CountryGermany
Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age
Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem -- in my opinion -- to characterize our age.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age
Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach.
There is nothing known as "Perfect". Its only those imperfections which we choose not to see!!
Imagination without knowledge may create beautiful things, knowledge without imagination can create only perfect ones.
So would a Being, endowed with higher insight and more perfect intelligence, watching man and his doings, smile about man's illusion that he was acting according to his own free will.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Education is the progressive realization of our ignorance.
Not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterward.
No, this trick wont work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?
No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?