Monday, November 09, 2009

Albert Einstein

Someone asked if I knew Einsten. I knew of him (but he did not know of me). Besides being the genius that discovered the theory of relativity, Einstein was a peace activist and a strong socialist.

He was purported to have created a logic quiz, called the Einstein Intelligence Quiz. I saw this quiz 30 years ago, but could not solve it at that time. I learned how to solve this quiz recently and to create similar quizzes at various levels, including a more difficult level than Einstein's Quiz.

You can buy the TKL Intelligence Quiz books here. Enthusiast can buy volumes 3 and 4 in soft copy (PDF).

5 comments:

Singapore Short Stories said...

Albert Einstein is really a brilliant man, til today, man are still studying the neuro connections made in his brain.

Anonymous said...

Is the answer German ?

WolfT said...

German rear fish,
I can solve on paper but can't, using just by mental calculation..

Anonymous said...

Kin Lian,

Einstein was also a womaniser. He died a pauper despite being a genius.

A genius is a person who has wealth and power during his liftime. Potential example is LKY.

Without wealth and power, you are just a pariah. Most of us a pariahs to a genius.

Vincent Sear said...

My US ex-boss once told me, a genius is one who lived up to the thrills he wanted in his lifetime but died a pauper. (The reason being, not spending your money during your lifetime is as good as not earning it.) He himself passed the first test (he got all the money, cars and women he wanted), but he failed the second test. He passed away leaving behind millions of dollars. I can't say whether he's right or wrong. He's entitled to his philosophy. But I think that his son was most happy that his dad failed his own test.

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