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From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
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Subject: Re: What clocks indicate
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 21:13:33 +0200
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gharnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> wrote:

> J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >
> > The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > But it is not what you wrote. You wrote:
> > > 
> > > "Do you have a real source for Einstein ever having said
> > > anything like this?
> > > Beyond the internet forever repeating itself?"
> >
> > Pfft. Do read.
> > The quotation is correct, the source I found for it is correct,
> > and has nothing at all to do with Albert Einstein.
> >
> > It is a mis-attribution,
> >
> > Jan
> 
> Well, apparently it does have something to do with Einstein, a
> character in a book referred to as Einstein.  But thanks for the
> correction.  I'll put quotes around "Einstein" when I use that
> quote in the future :-)

It seems that in some circles 'Einstein' is used
jocularly as a nickname for a supposedly smart person.
I have also seen 'Sheldon' used in a similar way.
(after the hero of the 'Big Bang Theory')

Ascribing anything said by such a person to the real historical Einstein
is not the right way of going about it.
Even 'ascribed to Einstein' is just plain wrong,

Jan