Thread: Helpful epiphany I just had

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I thought he was pretty happy doing what he did. Maybe you can share with us the source that told you he died unhappy?

Originally Posted by invader_tech

I thought he was pretty happy doing what he did. Maybe you can share with us the source that told you he died unhappy?

dude...I kno- (i have teh physic abiliteez)

So if your post really sank in...

You remember this story that you bypassed some math courses, you criminally throw in the mix that Einstein died 'unhappy' and all put toghether that sums up that "being smart is being stupid" WHILE looking at porn?

Wow. You need to look at better porn.

Originally Posted by Zera

So if your post really sank in...

You remember this story that you bypassed some math courses, you criminally throw in the mix that Einstein died 'unhappy' and all put toghether that sums up that "being smart is being stupid" WHILE looking at porn?

Wow. You need to look at better porn.

Lol. I just threw that in there for the story to be interesting

Being smart is not being stupid. it is, however, difficult (at least, when you compare being outwardly smart and beign outwardly average while at the same internal intelligence). I do, though, agree with Zera and Invader text: Post some FREAKING BACKUP INFORMATION! "Einstein died unhappy" is not informative, especially since it is an assumption that you made.

Originally Posted by JET73L

Being smart is not being stupid. it is, however, difficult (at least, when you compare being outwardly smart and beign outwardly average while at the same internal intelligence). I do, though, agree with Zera and Invader text: Post some FREAKING BACKUP INFORMATION! "Einstein died unhappy" is not informative, especially since it is an assumption that you made.

Yes, I know. I just don't experience pleasure from Mathematics (except occasionally.)

yeh, screw brains and science, let's all live like apes, sounds smart.

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Being smart id being dumb..So is being dumb being smart in a way?
And if you believe that explain.

A better way to put this would be without wisdom, knowledge is useless. I know a few "smart" people who are morons. Like the valedictorian of my high school class supported bush in 04.

Smart people are morons sometimes I agree..

It's dumb to be smart, agreed.

Can you really call yourself smart? I mean, it's completely relative, and with infinite knowledge to collect about the universe we all know absolutely nothing.

I wouldn't say Einstein died unhappy. I'd say he lived like most people, sometimes he was happy, sometimes he was sad. It's true, he never found some endless paradise through his intelligence and intelligence is not going to make you happy. Intelligence is a tool, but once it becomes a personality trait you associate with yourself, it's a claim you can't back up. Inevitably, you'll be humbled by the vastness of possibility and realize how dumb you really were. The loger you take to figure this out, the longer you keep yourself shut off from the beautiful truth this world has to offer.

A quick perusal of this forum will quickly affirm that those who are constantly crowing about how smart they are and how dumb everyone else is are indeed some of the saddest fucks on the internet.

Q.E.D.

The fool is limitless.

Well, if you're right then this was one of the smartest posts I've ever read.

Due to this imaginary prestige, and imaginary duty to fulfill this imaginary prestige, he devotes his life to the Advancement of Science. Unfortunately, he doesn't really get anywhere and lives an unhappy man.

Einstein made several huge contributions to science and is one of the very few people who can be solidly credited with making a difference to knowledge and history where nobody else would have, as opposed to a large majority of famous scientists who were just in the right place at the right time.

He answered the photoelectric effect with quantum physics. Quantum physics is key to much modern technology.

He answered the non-variance of lightspeed with special/general relativity which has been vital to our development of understanding of the whole universe.

And he derived energy-mass equivalence, which ended World War II and powers a large proportion of the world.

Einstein didn't acheive much? Right.

I also understand he was a in general a happy guy.

Stupid people suck :0

Well, if you're right then this was one of the smartest posts I've ever read.

This is funniest zing ever.

I plan on enrolling in pre-calculus this semester.

Are you twelve? or just crap at maths?

Lets examine his life: Has ADD. Bored with early schooling. Gets a mediocre occupation and continues his humble existence until, one day, he discovers SCIENCE. He then gets famous and now has the sole role of Heroic Scientific Genuis. Due to this imaginary prestige, and imaginary duty to fulfill this imaginary prestige, he devotes his life to the Advancement of Science. Unfortunately, he doesn't really get anywhere and lives an unhappy man. He then dies, an unhappy man.

Firstly, this is all wrong. Einstein does not have ADD, actually he is noted for working really hard. In one of his biographies the author says he worked like five hours a day on physics.

Also, he knew science all his life, he was tutored by his uncle who was a scientist. There is no evidence that Einstein hated school or failed it, actually the only reason he quit was so he doesn't get forced into the military, which makes sense because he was a pacifist when he was young.

It was then when I fully discovered the epiphany...

Seriously, read a biography of Einstein, there is a new one out in most book stores with a big picture of him on it. The fact is being lazy and watching porn will not make you a genius or like Einstein. Working hard will.

Also, maths is just practice, so if I was you then I would get a textbook and start practicing it or devote more time too it. That hour wanking to porn could be used to study maths

The moral of this story, don't masturbate and study maths instead.

The fool doesn't know.

The idiot thinks he knows.

As soon as the OP states that "Einstein discovered science" the whole theory goes out the window.













/True story(taken out of context to make a ridiculous post seem even more so)

Originally Posted by TransientOcclusion

Yes, I know. I just don't experience pleasure from Mathematics (except occasionally.)

You should take linear algebra. It's loaded with all sorts of fun stuff The enjoyment from math depends highly on your teacher. If you get stuck with a teacher who sucks at teaching, math will be horrible. But if you get a great teacher who is amazing at explaining things, be prepared to be wowed by math.

For calc. II, I never had to do any homework, and still learned everything just by going to class and paying attention. But for differential equations, I had the shittiest teacher, who just copied his notes onto the board, while not explaining what he's doing at all, and then would erase them and move on way too fast. For that class, I had to do extra homework to learn the concepts, and once I figured it out, I felt like I could teach someone how to do it very easily. Now I'm in linear algebra, and I have the best teacher.

I feel like a lot of the material given to students is completely useless and beats around the bush, only wasting time as it goes in one ear and out the other. Classes should focus more on what you need to know to solve problems, instead of on that combined with random shit you'll never use.

Some teachers are just crap and shouldn't be teaching. Unless of course their intention is to confuse people and turn them away from the subject being taught.

Hmm... I think what you may be getting at is the old addage "Ignorance is bliss." If you believe one can inverse it, then "Knowledge is sorrow."

Now, the validity of the inverse is debatable.

But is that kind of what you're getting at?

If you believe one can inverse it, then "Knowledge is sorrow."

The inverse is "Enlightenment is hell."

Enlightenment is the opposite of ignorance, and hell is the opposite of bliss.

That's dumb.

Meh. I wasn't saying that I supported or denied it. Just pointing out why some people believe the way they do about why intelligence can hurt happiness.