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Einstein was a patent office guy. Yet his notable weird tricks (like constant speed of light) aren't even in the same system.
by julius 13y ago
Einstein was a patent office guy. Yet his notable weird tricks (like constant speed of light) aren't even in the same system.
- jerf 13y agoYeah, a "patent office guy" who knew nothing about physics at all until he suddenly overturned the entire world through sheer force of will. Certainly not a guy who already wanted to be a physics teacher with all the requisite training and credentials, including published papers in prestigious journals in his first year of working in the patent office, but had to find a job to make money in the meantime while he searched for one. Einstein was someone who went up the academic course for physics, but had a brief detour during a jobless interval. I imagine many of us here can relate to that. He's not some sort of quintessential outsider. (He's not a quintessential insider either; while the rumors about his poor grades are overstated, he did have a rough relationship with any academic subject he didn't really care about. He certainly wasn't the valedictorian type or a groomed, perfect academic from tip to toe. But neither was he an outsider. He's just an average everyday genius who combined tons of hard work with immense native talent.)
- mimiflynn 13y agoExactly, just like all the barista's and waiters / waitresses that became doctors and lawyers ;)