MichaelHoward comments on Rationality Quotes August 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelHoward 03 August 2012 12:33:29AM *  5 points [-]

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

-- [Edit: Probably not] Albert Einstein

Comment author: ChristianKl 03 August 2012 08:48:56AM 6 points [-]

Do you have a source? Einstein gets quoted quite a lot for stuff he didn't say.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 08 August 2012 03:55:45AM 4 points [-]

Do you have a source? Einstein gets quoted quite a lot for stuff he didn't say.

Yes, and even more annoyingly, he gets quoted on things of which he is a non-expert and has nothing interesting to say (politics, psychology, ethics, etc...).

Comment author: MichaelHoward 03 August 2012 11:17:13AM 1 point [-]

Hmm. There are hundreds of thousands of pages asserting that he said it but for some reason I can't find a single reference to it's context.

Thanks. Have edited the quote.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 August 2012 06:35:13PM 4 points [-]

For future reference: wikiquote gives quotes with context.

Comment author: MichaelHoward 03 August 2012 07:48:35PM 1 point [-]

Thanks, I already plugged them :)

Comment author: MixedNuts 10 August 2012 08:42:17AM 1 point [-]

Genii seem to create problems. They prevent some in the process, and solve others, but that's not what they're in for: it's not nearly as fun.