Einstein wouldn't be considered a scientist by modern criteria?
Definitely. He was firm opponent of the very concept of peer review for example and I fully agree with him on this.
The requirement to sign allegiance to Peer Review with blood before being given the PhD has recently been withdrawn.
Please have a look at this Youtube user account. I immediately thought of this site upon watching a couple of his clips. I am told we have tried here to publish some stuff in audiovisual fomat, but it didn't quite work out. Maybe we should contact this guy, perhaps we could profit from each other's work and experience? I am fairly hopeful that he could use some of the material here, and we could use some of his talent with the medium.
This video, for instance, looks like it was taken right out of this very blog