I am a GENIUS!....right?
Just some random stuff, cause my life is going in all directions right now.
What am i doing at the moment?
- I'm sucking at my internship
- I'm sucking at doing exams
- I'm sucking at home
- I'm sucking in general
- All the above make me wanna suck my thumb
Maybe it's not that bad, but I know things can be better. I know I can be better, if only I put some energy in. Problem is, I feel drained. Yesterday I spent most of my free time laying around in the livingroom, in my bedroom, and outside (the weather was great) I'm just so tired at the moment. I probably have to learn to regulate my energy better.
all sucking aside, I've been watching a lot of documentaries lately. Yesterday, I cross-watched two. One was about Einstein's brains, and the other about king Tutankhamun. In the former they tried to find out if Einstein's geniality was biological and still in Einstein's preserved brains there to prove he was unique. And the latter was about king Tut: body, happenings, and curse.
The Einstein-documentary: that was incredibly stupid. Usually, the truth is something in between various opinions and suggestions of various persons. In this case we had two persons with two different opinions, and both were trying to convince the other. One said: It's biological, which means it should still be there in that jar, filled with Einstein's brains and some liquid to keep the brains good. *wrinkles nose at thought* Number two said: No, it's not biological, which means Einstein's thoughts are gone forever.
I was watching it, wondering why on earth you would examine this. Because I got fed up with the discussion quite quickly, and I always think I have to comment on everything someone says, and because I talk to the tv when watching, I started explaining my thoughts on the subject, to no-one in particular.
My explanation:
He (Albert Einstein) must have had a lot of time on his hands. When you've got a lot of time on your hands, in which it's not possible to do something else (like at work in an office) you start thinking about things. Because you've got a lot of time to think, you over-think the subject and decide the first conclusion wasn't right, so you change it. And then...you go reflecting again...and changing again...and so on, and so on. At some point your theory (about whatever you've been thinking) must be right, cause you passed every fact. So, that would mean, Einstein was not a genius; he was just bored.
Move on a few minutes into the documentary, and meet Albert Einstein (a fake, anyone could tell ;-P) And this is Mr. Einstein's explanation *ponders if I should copy and paste the previous piece*:
At his work, he didn't have all that much to do. So he started asking himself questions, the kind of questions children ask. Next he starts thinking about it, comes up with a solution, reflects, comes up with a slightly different and better solution, reflects and bla bla bla. In the end, out of the 100 conclusions, 99 of them were wrong, and 1 is right. (I quoted that almost literally. No, I don't remember the exact words, d'oh!)
Okay, because I came up with the same explanation, does that make me a genius as well? No, don't think so.
Turned out, Einstein thought about stuff in an obsessive way; his level of concentration on one subject was higher than with general persons. This resulted in long thinking sessions, and some biological development. Like training your muscles, parts of the brain grow (might, they're not sure, there's a chance Albert got born with it) Obviously, the excersized parts will grow. It appeared one piece of the brain was way bigger than in general. Also, in this area of Einstein's brain, one connection was not as visible as it usually is with human beings. Maybe, this could be a biological asset helping Einstein figuring out the whole theory of relativity.
That documentary had me shaking my head. More than half of my thoughts were performed and confirmed, kind of....
So, does that make me a genius without any theory (cause Einstein did it before I even got born ;-))? Or, does that mean I'm just as bored as Einstein?
I vote for the latter.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/einstein.html
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/relativity.html
posted by Wiwik @ 10:43 AM
2 Comments:
Hey you,
I watched those same two documentaries as you. You are a genius in your own way. As for Einstein, they say he was either Autistic or Dyslexic (or both). He just had an incredibly long concencentration span meaning no matter what, he would never give up on solving a mathematical problem.
As for how you are feeling - there should be a club for that. I have a whole house full of people who feel the same way as you, I am one of them. (If I could come over now and hug you, I would)
A genius in my own way? Is that good? And yeah, you're right about Einstein. I was just too lazy to type it all out. Funny thing is, I already forgot how i was feeling? How was I feeling? Thnx Densie!
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