As Einstein said
Princess Ivanka in 2013:
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." – Albert Einstein #quote #sunday
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) June 23, 2013
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” – Albert Einstein #quote #sunday
Bahahahahahahahachokehahahahahaha
I wish people would quit quoting Einstein unless they know what they’re talking about. I am constantly hearing the fake Einstein quote about how we’ll all be dead in four years if the bees die off, and when I try to explain that, while colony collapse disorder is serious, it isn’t quite that dire, as much of our food is wind pollinated. They just look at me, and say “Do you think you’re smarter than Einstein?” I started looking back and saying, “Yes, actually I do.” That leaves them agape for a minute, and they shut up long enough that I can explain a few things to them, including that the quote is fake, and that I, a trained and practicing Ecologist, am indeed much smarter than Einstein about bees and other pollinators. I know things that hadn’t even been figured out yet when Einstein died. When I’m done, they stomp off in a huff and usually don’t talk to me anymore. Oh well, I didn’t much enjoy being…not mansplained, because frequently it is a woman…need a new word…uninformedsplained? God, that’s awkward.
Dumbosplained?
#1
I see this sort of crap going on all the time, with Elon Musk coming to mind in particular. The latest flurry: Musk warns that unchecked AI / technological singularity drivel is a grave concern to the future of the world, and Mark Zuckerberg recently and publicly disagreed with him, so now I see a burst of people siding with Musk because he ‘makes Tesla cars and builds rockets’ and that makes him an expert in all things technological.
The problem is, he doesn’t make shit himself. He is a businessman with a BSc. in economics and another in physics who made billions from Paypal in particular, and he invests money in various technologal developments. He’s an entrepeneur with a crapload of employees who do that stuff for him. He has undeniable knowledge in certain areas, and not in others. Not that Zuckerberg is an expert here either, but people dismiss his opinion simply because he hasn’t invested in a rocket company.
“Dunning-Krugered”?
Well, as Churchill said, “I may be drunk but in the morning I shall be sober, but you, my dear Ivanka, will still be stupid”.
Ivanka, you cunning little vixen, well equipped to uncover all the constituents of the Cosmological constant.
She might be on to something. Trump and family are actually the source of all dark energy and dark matter in the universe.