That Fishy Saying of Einstein…
There are two interesting things about the above Einstein meme that has been doing the rounds. The first is that there’s absolutely no evidence that I can find that Albert Einstein ever said the words attributed to him; that’s also true for the vast majority of Einstein quotes, in fact.
The other interesting thing (and I risk being labelled a pedant here) is that there are species of fish, such as the Mangrove Rivulus, that really are able to climb trees…
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March 10, 2014 at 12:49 pm
Probably the best source of genuine Einstein quotes is The Ultimate Quotable Einstein (http://www.popularscience.co.uk/?p=904) – and, indeed, this quote does not appear in it.
March 10, 2014 at 1:23 pm
In that case it would be Einstein that was stupid (in zoological terms)
March 11, 2014 at 1:50 pm
Peter – celebrate the fact that you’re a pedant 🙂
March 11, 2014 at 1:51 pm
Oh, and I should add that Einstein was wrong on another count. There really are some stupid people. Michael Gove springs to mind……