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Was Einstein Right About Imagination vs. Knowledge?
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mcastillo356
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Everybody has imagination (I do have too much, actually
). Knowledge must be more important. Anyhow, the quote has to have a context, don't forget it.
). Knowledge must be more important. Anyhow, the quote has to have a context, don't forget it.For some context:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/01/einstein-imagination/
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/01/einstein-imagination/
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Well his model in solid state is quite naive to say the least.DrClaude said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einst...instein solid is a,relaxed in the Debye model.
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"Naive" is an interesting descriptor: lacking guile.
I find it apt, and not at all derogatory.
I find it apt, and not at all derogatory.
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I'm on team imagination.
How would you gain knowledge in the first place without imagination? How would you even use knowledge without imagination?
How would you gain knowledge in the first place without imagination? How would you even use knowledge without imagination?
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I'd say that knowledge can take everyone to the frontiers of science, but imagination is needed to move those frontiers forward.
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Einstein did a lot of brilliant stuff in his head, his Gedankenexperiment.Jonathan Scott said:
For people like him perhaps imagination is more important.
However he already did have a degree and was working on a doctorate when he was imagining all that great stuff in 1905.