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Thirdwhirly t1_iv32qns wrote

Might be helpful to get the whole thing:

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analyses of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.”

  • Albert Einstein
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DLBaker t1_iv3qagg wrote

The gift is neglected because Intuition is difficult to reproduce reliably.

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Ok-disaster2022 t1_iv3snye wrote

Also there still needs some basic knowledge to provide building blocks to intuitive leaps. Attending school and classes didn't harm Einstein intuitions, they provided the means for him to articulate them and resprese them mathematically.

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DLBaker t1_iv4k73l wrote

Which classes were held to nurture intuition? What was the grading criteria for that?

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[deleted] t1_iv414bo wrote

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Thirdwhirly t1_iv42554 wrote

Well, shame on me. It looks like Bob Samples wrote this, attributing it to, but not quoting directly, Einstein. In the linked page, it talks about how it has likely been changed to fit modern themes (and possible narratives).

Sorry, I should have known better than to copy and paste from a longer article (though, it appears to be from a book with a similar/same quote).

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