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Diary Illuminates Einstein's Last Years

Posted by Hemos on from the never-has-the-topic-icon-been-more-fitting dept.

b00le writes "Several sources carry versions of this story about the diary of Johanna Fantova who shared much of the last years of Einstein's life (and cut his hair) and witnessed his kindness and poltical activisim. The diary does not seem to have been translated from the German yet, but the site has extracts. According to this, Fantova tried to publish the diaries herself and of course failed to find an agent."

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  1. Re:is this real? by I+Be+Hatin' · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    But Heisenberg never did this because he was a Nazi, he did it because he chose to stay in Germany instead of emigrating.

    Oh geez... well that makes it all better then, doesn't it? He didn't really believe in the mass murder of millions of jews, he just helped the nazis because he didn't feel like moving. And OBTW, he was just following orders...

    Sorry, but the Nuremberg defense didn't work then and it doesn't work now. Heisenberg made his choice, and history is judging him accordingly.

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    I know god exists. I read it on the internet, so it must be true.
  2. Re:one of Einsteins better ideas by LaCosaNostradamus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Violate the charter and we'll come after you.

    Yeah, what a great fuckin' idea, as exampled by America and what happens when you cross her oil charter (you know, the one that says America owns all the world's oil and has a God-given right to consume it all).

    Government sucks, and world government will suck the most. You don't put a stop to things like genocide by transforming the killers into policemen by just adding badges.

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    [You have a stable society when some nut guns down a schoolyard and the law doesn't change.]