Einstein Quote

I found the quote

It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our
humanity. I hope that someday, our humanity might yet surpass our
technology.

when looking for one that apparently someone just made up to
illustrate photos of kids on cellphones.

I also turned up some other quotes:

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part
limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and
feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical
delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for
us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few
persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this
prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

This sounds nice, but while I think uselfishness should be encouraged,
the fact that each of us is an individual conscious being, with
genuine self-interests, is no "delusion".

But then, here's a (possibly inaccurate, only saw it one place) quote
where the joke's on Einstein:

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge
is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Einstein might have said this in reaction to those who derided
Relativity - but, sadly, it also applies to his own doubts about
Quantum Mechanics.

John Savard

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I found the quote

It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our
humanity. I hope that someday, our humanity might yet surpass our
technology.

when looking for one that apparently someone just made up to
illustrate photos of kids on cellphones.

I also turned up some other quotes:

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part
limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and
feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical
delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for
us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few
persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this
prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

This sounds nice, but while I think uselfishness should be encouraged,
the fact that each of us is an individual conscious being, with
genuine self-interests, is no "delusion".

But then, here's a (possibly inaccurate, only saw it one place) quote
where the joke's on Einstein:

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge
is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Einstein might have said this in reaction to those who derided
Relativity - but, sadly, it also applies to his own doubts about
Quantum Mechanics.

John Savard
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The derision of relativity is contained in Einstein's quote:
"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine
are still greater."
Einstein might have said this in reaction to his realisation that he was a
****ing hopeless
babbling moron who never passed a math exam in his life.

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