I'd like to weigh in here. The question is way too nebulous to answer and is fraught with many linguistic landmines. I am certain that Adolph and Osama and Jeffrey Dahmer's mothers all raised good children. Einstein's greatest achievement wasn't his work on Relativity where he postulated that events viewed from different planes of reference appeared to obey different laws of physics. His greatest acheivement was his mathematical proof that matter and energy were the same. E=MC^2. He also did work on the photovoltaic effect and I think that it was what one hime his Nobel Prize. He devoted his later life to working on a Unified Field Theorem which I believe he never finished. So which is the greater task raising Jeffry Dahmer or ending the War with Japan?
________________________________ From: Bill! <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, May 5, 2013 7:53:37 PM Subject: [Zen] Re: blame game Edgar, Merle asked a brilliant question in her post below. I'd like to hear your answer. The question was: "...and the point to make here is: what is the greater task: raising the good child or figuring out relativity?" What say you? ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  joe and edgar.. > > he was too busy inside his head..and some circles say he was with autism >spectrum.. > > leave the everyday work to wifey...who by the way was a scientist in her own >right till she met up with einstein.. > > as all wifey's they ended up carrying the baby, tending to baby, tending to > the >everyday whist the smart hubby does his thingi... > > not so with madame curie though... > > you have to be a strong woman to stand up to the male chauvinist pig..and > that >was einstein. > >  and the point to make here is: what is the greater task: raising the good >child or figuring out relativity? > >  the point we can make here is einstein need not have married...made misery >for the wifey.. > > did he think before he leapt and began breeding? > > > merle....  >  > > >  > Edgar, > > Poor slob didn't or couldn't take care of himself. True statement. > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > Merle, > > > > Joe said Einstein was a jerk because he didn't comb his hair! > > > > Is that Zen? > > > > Edgar >
