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If the whole academic career doesn't work out, patent drafting offers an even more baroque application of obfuscated writing skills.

• seanhunter 3y ago
  Now the whole journey of Einstein from patent examiner to physics superstar makes sense to me.
  • bl0rg 3y ago
    He simply did not have the intellectual aptitude required for the patent business. Suddenly I don't feel so bad about becoming a math professor after failing accounting school.
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  • tough 3y ago
    He saw so many bad ideas on his patent job that he had some good ones of his own
    • JamesLeonis 3y ago
      Now I am imagining Einstein inventing general relativity as a shorthand to deny yet another perpetual motion machine patent.