Archive for May 14th, 2007

The Bright And The Pivot

Monday, May 14th, 2007

There’s this anecdote about Einstein and the student. It goes like this: a student goes to see Einstein. “Prof. Einstein,” he says, “look, I have this notebook I keep just for ideas. Every time I have a good idea I write it down in this notebook, so I don’t forget it.” “Very well,” replies Einstein, “my good ideas are relatively few. Every time I have one, I just remember it.”

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