Good old Einstein.
'Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.' --Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was once asked by a student, 'Dr Einstein, how many feet are there in a mile?' To the utter astonishment of the student, Einstein replied, 'I don’t know.'
The student was sure the great professor was joking. Surely Einstein would know a simple fact that every schoolchild is required to memorise. But Einstein wasn’t joking. When the student pressed for an explanation of this gap in Einstein’s knowledge, he declared, 'I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple information that I can find in a book in five minutes.'
Albert Einstein was once asked by a student, 'Dr Einstein, how many feet are there in a mile?' To the utter astonishment of the student, Einstein replied, 'I don’t know.'
The student was sure the great professor was joking. Surely Einstein would know a simple fact that every schoolchild is required to memorise. But Einstein wasn’t joking. When the student pressed for an explanation of this gap in Einstein’s knowledge, he declared, 'I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple information that I can find in a book in five minutes.'
