TobyBartels comments on Einstein's Arrogance - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 September 2007 01:29AM

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Comment author: Shakespeare's_Fool 27 September 2007 02:30:05PM 2 points [-]

Abraham Pais, one of Einstein's many friends, has said that Einstein loved to joke. Are you sure his "sorry for the good Lord" wasn't a bit of humor?

Comment author: TobyBartels 22 July 2010 04:57:37AM 3 points [-]

I've always assumed that it was a joke. If he'd been serious, then he'd have felt sorry for Eddington.