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In reply to the discussion: About those Faster Than Light neutrinos...nevermind. [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)16. Living around the corner from his cottage in Princeton you could meet regular folks who
actually knew the guy. There were a lot of story's about how unorganized he was, walking out in his pajamas one day and so on.
Here are some examples;
When Albert Einstein was working in Princeton university,
one day he was going back home he forgot his home address.
The driver of the cab did not recognize him.
Einstein asked the driver if he knows Einsteins home.
The driver said Who does not know Einsteins address?
Everyone in Princeton knows.
Do you want to meet him?.
Einstein replied I am Einstein.
I forgot my home address, can you take me there?
The driver reached him to his home and did not even collect his fare from him .
============ ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Einstein was once travelling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle,
punching the tickets of every passenger.
When he came to Einstein,
Einstein reached in his vest pocket.
He couldnt find his ticket,
so he reached in his trouser pockets.
It wasnt there, so he looked in his briefcase but couldnt find it.
Then he looked in the seat beside him.
He still couldnt find it.
The conductor said,
Dr. Einstein, I know who you are.
We all know who you are.
Im sure you bought a ticket.
Dont worry about it.
Einstein nodded appreciatively.
The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets.
As he was ready to move to the next car,
he turned around and saw the great physicist
down on his hands and knees
looking under his seat for his ticket.
The conductor rushed back and said,
Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, dont worry,
I know who you are. No problem.
You dont need a ticket.
Im sure you bought one.
Einstein looked at him and said,
Young man, I too, know who I am.
What I dont know is where Im going. Thats why I am searching my ticket
So just about everyone has had an insight that Einstein didn't have, lol.
Listening to these stories made this very great man even more loveable.
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Einstein was wrong. There is no limit. Think about it, what is outside of the universe?
HopeHoops
Feb 2012
#10
Living around the corner from his cottage in Princeton you could meet regular folks who
grantcart
Feb 2012
#16
He also didn't memorize his phone number on the grounds that he could always look it up.
HopeHoops
Feb 2012
#20
It's sort of one of those Flatland problems - we know what we directly observe.
HopeHoops
Feb 2012
#35
"Every mountain is unclimbable until it is climbed. Every ship is too large to sink until it is sunk
LanternWaste
Feb 2012
#33