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themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Did Einstein actually say that? Even if he did, he wasn’t a psychologist. Plus, scientists recreate experiments all the time, literally doing as close to the same thing as possible and often getting different results.

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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
No, Einstein did not say that. But it’s often misattributed to him, that’s why I put it as “(not) Einstein”.

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- themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Gotcha, thanks!
  
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mxeff@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
“There is no substantive evidence that Einstein wrote or spoke the statement above. It is listed within a section called “Misattributed to Einstein” in the comprehensive reference “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein” from Princeton University Press.”

So No. I also was always very irritated by this quote, because from a scientific point of view this is rather incorrect, as (like you said) experiments need to be repeated.

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