Einstein on Newton

mbbntu · January 18, 2011, 2:38pm

I wonder if I might pick the very large collective brains of forum members, as I’m trying to track down the origin of a (supposed) quotation. I have heard it said that Einstein commented that Newton was great because he was as right as he could have been given the age he lived in. However, I have no idea where this came from (Urban Legend?) or indeed if Einstein ever said it. If anybody knows the truth, I would be very grateful if they would illuminate me. With thanks,

Martin.

Hugh · January 18, 2011, 3:19pm

This may help.

Anyhoo, if he didn’t say it, he probably should and could have done, with a little bit of relativistic time manipulation…

Hugh · January 18, 2011, 3:40pm

And if we are to believe quantum theory (which Einstein didn’t), somewhere in the multiverse Einstein has said it. And will say it. And is saying it at this minute.

Fluff · January 18, 2011, 5:58pm

Mr Hugh,
Vic-k has just stumbled out of the WritersRoom, muttering, " Feckin old hack’s on something!"
Pardon the bad language Mr Hugh
Fluff

Hugh · January 18, 2011, 8:58pm

Just a chicken sandwich. :mrgreen:

mbbntu · January 18, 2011, 10:06pm

I’m on sausages, myself.

Anyway, many thanks for the link. I’ll see if I can go back into the past and read the material before I make the original post, thus making it unnecessary. :mrgreen: But then again, in some way or another I’ve probably already done that … Confused? I certainly am.

Thanks again,
Martin.

AmberV · January 18, 2011, 10:55pm

All of which, of course, proves he never did just as many times.

Wock · January 19, 2011, 9:20pm

Did he take the Red pill or the Blue one?

nom · January 20, 2011, 1:23am

Yes.

Wock · January 24, 2011, 10:41pm

How long is a submarine? True of False?

PJS · January 25, 2011, 1:17pm

None of the above.

Or all.

Impossible to tell from this point, as either we don’t know where we are, or don’t know where we’re going.

AmberV · January 25, 2011, 6:49pm

I know where we are going. There is this great restaurant at the end of the universe.

PJS · January 25, 2011, 7:14pm

And really, who could have expected a Ford Prefect to last that long?

Wock · January 26, 2011, 4:18pm

Well I don’t know for sure where I am going but I demand to know where I have been…

KB · January 26, 2011, 5:43pm

This is all getting a bit Whitesnake.

Wock · January 26, 2011, 6:22pm

42

So long and thanks for all the fish…

vic-k · January 26, 2011, 9:08pm

More like ‘Mötley Crüe’!

AmberV · January 26, 2011, 9:19pm

Neither of those bands have amplifiers that go up to a volume setting of 11.

vic-k · January 26, 2011, 9:22pm

But that don’t make 'em, ‘Not nice to know’, do it?

PJS · January 27, 2011, 4:13pm

…but you know how they slap paint.