Mr. Charles Wong - Throws a question at the Einstein Fan Club

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Charles_Wong
01-03-07, 12:30 AM
The only two reasons Albert Einstein has been portrayed as the poster child for Physics, Genius, and High Intelligence is because he was Jewish and most of the mass media (TV stations, news companies, newspapers, radio stations, magazines, book publishing companies, etc.) have been owned by Jews. The gentile Niels Bohr formulated quantum mechanics
, but no one would recognize that name except for Physics majors. So, the only reason Einstein has developed such a big name for himself is extreme nepotism:

Was Albert Einstein a hoax?

Articles have been appearing all over the Internet asserting that Albert Einstein was a hoax. I have always been troubled by the thought that any one man, regardless of how brilliant or exceptional, could be head and shoulders above all of the other men of his time. Since I have long doubted that Albert Einstein could possibly be the greatest genius that he is made out to be, I find the theory interesting. I have also been wondering why Einstein became so famous, whereas other great scientists remained virtually unknown.

The basic idea is this: Einstein was a poor student, of average ability. He even failed seventh grade math. There was nothing exceptional about his ability or accomplishments, until he got a job as a low level clerk in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland.

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James R
01-03-07, 10:35 PM
Charles_Wong:

The only two reasons Albert Einstein has been portrayed as the poster child for Physics, Genius, and High Intelligence is because he was Jewish and most of the mass media (TV stations, news companies, newspapers, radio stations, magazines, book publishing companies, etc.) have been owned by Jews.

Anti-semitic bullshit. You really have to widen the sites you read.

If you're going to attempt to comment on physics, at least learn some first.

The gentile Niels Bohr formulated quantum mechanics, but no one would recognize that name except for Physics majors. So, the only reason Einstein has developed such a big name for himself is extreme nepotism.

Einstein became famous because he revolutionised physics. He showed that Isaac Newton, probably the most famous physicist before him, was wrong (or, more accurately, didn't have the full picture).

The publicity surrounding the proof of general relativity by the bending of light by the Sun was what really propelled Einstein to fame and made him a household name.

Articles have been appearing all over the Internet asserting that Albert Einstein was a hoax.

Tall poppy syndrome. Everybody wants to attack the "big guns". How much better would it be if some backyard crackpot could prove Einstein wrong, than proving, say, Niels Bohr, a guy few have heard of, wrong?

I have always been troubled by the thought that any one man, regardless of how brilliant or exceptional, could be head and shoulders above all of the other men of his time.

I agree that his achievements in physics imply nothing about his more general wisdom. His contributions in other areas must equally be assessed on their merits.

The basic idea is this: Einstein was a poor student, of average ability. He even failed seventh grade math. There was nothing exceptional about his ability or accomplishments, until he got a job as a low level clerk in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland.

Yes, until then...

Why has he exclusively been portrayed in the media as the epitome of greatness?

Many reasons - Judaism being insignificant among them.

Hawking is not nearly as big a household name as Einstein.

Nor does he deserve to be.