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Lazy8
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May 8, 2011 - 11:18am |
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romeotuma wrote:
No, I posted three reliable sites that possess the quote... one of them is Stanford University... that's three proofs... I am puzzled how you could think it was an urban myth... believe what you wish...
You posted three sites repeating the same (inaccurate) quote, unsourced. Repetition is not credibility. Here's the quote Scott found: "Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an ax in the hands of a pathological criminal." This is footnoted, asigned to correspondence with someone named Zanger (presumably his friend Heinrich Zanger) but the reference isn't available online. This was undoubtedly translated from the original German, so it has one degree of separation from reality built in. But it has some way to verify that it has some connection to Einstein.
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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May 8, 2011 - 10:50am |
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oldviolin wrote:
now, wait...he passed out or he knocked himself out? Did he pass out first and then fall on his gulliver and make it a double? What a concept. All these links lead me to the conclusion that there's a missing link somewhere and it's not to be found on the internet to begin with...
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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May 8, 2011 - 10:46am |
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sirdroseph wrote: "Truly original thoughts have long been extinct, but so few have been heard they bear repeating." Some dude at the end of the bar right before he banged his head and passed out.
now, wait...he passed out or he knocked himself out? Did he pass out first and then fall on his gulliver and make it a double? What a concept. All these links lead me to the conclusion that there's a missing link somewhere and it's not to be found on the internet to begin with...
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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May 8, 2011 - 10:39am |
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beamends wrote: All the ones on that page - yes. The publisher of the page, an individual not claiming to represent Stanford in any way, acknowledges that they should be treated with caution. Just because they happen to have web space at a university means nothing, I'm sure I could find UFO 'evidence' on many university sites in people's private web space - that doesn't mean UFO's are real (or not).
I'm not sure Primal Scream can necessarily be regarded as an academic authority, much the same applying to Mr. Gandotra's blog. The third site has no context or attribution, so proves nothing either way.
"Truly original thoughts have long been extinct, but so few have been heard they bear repeating." Some dude at the end of the bar right before he banged his head and passed out.
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beamends
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May 8, 2011 - 10:20am |
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romeotuma wrote: All the ones on that page - yes. The publisher of the page, an individual not claiming to represent Stanford in any way, acknowledges that they should be treated with caution. Just because they happen to have web space at a university means nothing, I'm sure I could find UFO 'evidence' on many university sites in people's private web space - that doesn't mean UFO's are real (or not). I'm not sure Primal Scream can necessarily be regarded as an academic authority, much the same applying to Mr. Gandotra's blog. The third site has no context or attribution, so proves nothing either way.
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beamends
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May 8, 2011 - 9:53am |
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romeotuma wrote: No, I posted three reliable sites that possess the quote... one of them is Stanford University... that's three proofs... I am puzzled how you could think it was an urban myth... believe what you wish...
Bearing in mind this is at the top of the Stanford page : "Note: This list of Einstein quotes was being forwarded around the Internet in e-mail, so I decided to put it on my web page. I'm afraid I can't vouch for its authenticity, tell you where it came from, who compiled the list, who Kevin Harris is, or anything like that. Still, the quotes are interesting and enlightening. " I'll continue to believe it to be a webism. If it were here, I'd be convinced!
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beamends
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May 8, 2011 - 9:41am |
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romeotuma wrote: Well I've just spent half an hour googling around for this quote and haven't found any context or actual attribution, so I suspect it's a web urban myth type thing.
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Lazy8
Location: The Gallatin Valley of Montana Gender:
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May 8, 2011 - 8:12am |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:The second example more than the first, but yeah. OK, he said something like it.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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May 8, 2011 - 7:51am |
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Lazy8 wrote: romeotuma wrote:"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." —Albert Einstein Which Einstein probably never said. Unless you have a source nobody else can find. Probably did say it? Maybe more than once?
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Lazy8
Location: The Gallatin Valley of Montana Gender:
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May 8, 2011 - 7:20am |
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romeotuma wrote:"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." —Albert Einstein
Which Einstein probably never said. Unless you have a source nobody else can find.
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mem_313
Location: Beachside, Paradise Gender:
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May 8, 2011 - 4:55am |
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"Don't dwell on the negatives; dream about all the amazing possibilities."
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(former member)
Location: hotel in Las Vegas Gender:
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Apr 24, 2011 - 10:10pm |
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"Without music, life would be a mistake." —Nietzsche
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rosedraws
Location: close to the edge Gender:
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Apr 24, 2011 - 8:24pm |
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Nice quotes RT.
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(former member)
Location: hotel in Las Vegas Gender:
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Apr 24, 2011 - 8:22pm |
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hippiechick wrote: Excellent advice.
I forgive ya! Thanks, honey! "If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes. May you get the reward in Heaven that's been denied you for your goodness here on earth. Health and long life to you, that the ten toes of your feet might always steer you clear of misfortune." —Irish Blessing
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Apr 24, 2011 - 8:18pm |
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romeotuma wrote:
I be very sorry, folks...
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." — Nietzsche
Excellent advice. I forgive ya!
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(former member)
Location: hotel in Las Vegas Gender:
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Apr 24, 2011 - 8:16pm |
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I be very sorry, folks...
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." — Nietzsche
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(former member)
Location: hotel in Las Vegas Gender:
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Apr 23, 2011 - 10:34pm |
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"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men (and women) to do nothing." —Edmund Burke
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Umberdog
Location: In my body. Gender:
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Apr 23, 2011 - 7:35pm |
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“Hatred is the madness of the heart” | ~ Lord Byron |
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(former member)
Location: hotel in Las Vegas Gender:
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Apr 23, 2011 - 6:12pm |
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"My feet are set upon a road that I must follow." —Moses, in the movie The Ten Commandments
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newwavegurly
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Apr 7, 2011 - 12:37pm |
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I don't know who this is attributed to, but it's on the tag of the tea I'm brewing:
"The moment you love, you are unlimited."
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