[Stallone]

I believe Einstein once said something to the effect that the universe is wonderful not because it is beyond our understanding, but by virtue of the fact that we can understand it.

Wow, talk about a wrong turn!

Here's what Einstein really said:

"Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world. In our endeavour to understand reality we are somewhat like a man trying to understand the mechanism of a closed watch. He sees the face and the moving hands, even hears its ticking, but he has no way of opening the case."

Einstein sounds to me like a man who knows his limitations, unlike the arrogant twits referred to in this article.

Here's another Einstein quote:

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Cheers.

[RightWingAtheist]

Einstein sounds to me like a man who knows his limitations, unlike the arrogant twits referred to in this article.

They have their Ph.ds. Where's your Ph.d?

[boris]

"'Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.'"

I've heard it differently : "Hydrogen and stupidity" and variously attributed to everybody from Frank Zappa to Einstein.

Here's a goodie:

"Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain."
--Frederich von Schiller, The Maid of Orleans

At least in this one we KNOW the actual author and the precise quotation. BTW, Asimov used "The Gods Themselves" as the title of a novel (not a very good one, in my opinion)...

--Boris