I wonder why he thought so highly of Lenin rather than a socialist closer to home named Adolph? Oh, 1949. I guess Adolph’s socialism had died by then.
Funny how people like Einstein can be so smart in some ways, and not learn obvious lessons in other areas.
As my Late Mother used to say, some People are so smart, they’re stupid.
I never understood what she meant until I reached adulthood.
I see that in just about everybody I meet.
“I wonder why he thought so highly of Lenin rather than a socialist closer to home named Adolph? Oh, 1949. I guess Adolph’s socialism had died by then.”
There was also that rather nasty anti-semitic streak in National Socialism than Einstein had to flee Germany to get away from ...
... but so long as the socialist in question was an “equal-opportunity” oppressor (a la Lenin), I guess he was OK with “The Professor” ... some things don’t change ...
P.S. Its spelled “Adolf” ;>)
I think most people are like that -- either a little knowledge about many things or very deep knowledge about one and litte about others
I think I have a lot of knowledge about history but very little knowledge about nature - we all have gaps in our knowledge
I don't think it is fair to judge Einstein on his political knowledge errors - he never called himself a political expert nor did he foist his political opinions on others.
Probably because Einstein was Jewish. It was a good thing for us that he was Jewish, too -- he might have made a significant contribution to Uncle Adolf's A-bomb program otherwise.
MY father was a professor of Physics at a major university. You will never meet a more arrogant man. He believed that because he understood the physical workings of the world better than you, he understood all the workings of the world better than you.
A Fuller Brush Man understands the world better than my father.