I try to keep out of the business of pissing people off these days, but stumbled upon this interesting post on the Letters of Note Blog. This particular link was by Teller of the well-known Penn and Teller duo via Twitter.
Like Teller, I've often been told that Einstein was a religious person. I simply accepted that, as it was not a claim that I considered important enough to validate. In my mind, his religious convictions were not relevant to his scientific works. He would have been far too logical to let one interfere with the other.
I suppose the salient point here is that one shouldn't accept hearsay as gospel. That's a reminder for me, and a lesson for my two year-old. Feel free to interpret it as you deem appropriate!
Letters of Note: The word God is the product of human weakness.
N.B. Due to time constraints, I cannot validate the authenticity of the letter referenced below, but trust that the site's owner has done the appropriate research to verify the contents. I also applaud him for the time and effort that he put in to the site.
I try to keep out of the business of pissing people off these days, but stumbled upon this interesting post on the Letters of Note Blog. This particular link was by Teller of the well-known Penn and Teller duo via Twitter.
Like Teller, I've often been told that Einstein was a religious person. I simply accepted that, as it was not a claim that I considered important enough to validate. In my mind, his religious convictions were not relevant to his scientific works. He would have been far too logical to let one interfere with the other.
I suppose the salient point here is that one shouldn't accept hearsay as gospel. That's a reminder for me, and a lesson for my two year-old. Feel free to interpret it as you deem appropriate!
Letters of Note: The word God is the product of human weakness.
N.B. Due to time constraints, I cannot validate the authenticity of the letter referenced below, but trust that the site's owner has done the appropriate research to verify the contents. I also applaud him for the time and effort that he put in to the site.