Quotesense – By David Leingang

March 1, 2015 — Leave a comment

The only source of knowledge is experience.
~ Albert Einstein

If someone were to ask you to write down a list of the top 5 most intelligent individuals, there is a high probability that your list would include Albert Einstein. After all in 1999, Einstein was titled Time magazine’s “Person of the Century.” Yet how was it that Einstein came to be one of our nation’s greatest heroes and icon? Was it his discovery of the connection to space and time? Was it his awarding of the Nobel Prize for his numerous breakthroughs in physics? Or was it his contribution to civil rights? The silly picture of the old German sticking his tongue out? The answer is all of them.

From a young age, Albert Einstein exuberated a curiosity and hunger for the mysterious. This craving lead him into the field of science, which at the time was full of answer-less questions and endless possibilities for someone who was brave enough to find the solutions. He began to pursue his interests at the age of 10, so, according to Nightingale’s 10,000 rule, if he invested only 5 hours a day toward science/physics by the age of 16 he could have been considered an expert in his field of study. He graduated from high school at the age of 17 and immediately enrolled in Zürich Polytechnic’s four-year mathematics and physics teaching diploma program. Now that is a continuation of education.

His experiences, and passion for scientific knowledge guided him to uncover some of humanities greatest mysteries and fed him the confidence to stand for what people should know, and to fight for the idea that everyone had the right to know, no matter their color or religious preference.

His specialized knowledge for science/physics has touched more lives than most realize. Anything from televisions, remote controls, lasers and DVD-players, Einstein has had some involvement in. Through his discoveries he has ended a war, prevented others, and saved many lives. Though it could be argued that in his creation and approval of the atom bomb actually condemned many lives rather than saving them, it is best to listen to his reasoning before you get the wrong idea;

“I made one great mistake in my life—when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification—the danger that the Germans would make them …” – Einstein: The Life and Times by Ronald Clark. page 752

Though he was a great pacifist, Einstein knew through his experience and his specialized knowledge that if someone with truer intentions didn’t make that big move, the Germans would and potentially destroy all that he’d worked for, including the peace he’d worked to make possible.

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