[Physicist]

I love that Einstein viewed physics in terms of geometry, and let the algebra follow from that, rather than vice-versa.

I hate that Einstein seemed to buy into the misconception that his scientific brilliance conferred upon him some special political insight, and that therefore his opinions on such matters should carry extra weight.

[Old Professer]

I read an interesting piece on him that detailed his early school years, his relationship with his wife and his journey to Switzerland to work in the patent office, thematic in this chronicle of his behavior was an underlying current of social disjunction as though he never quite met anyone who was truly suitable as a companion.

Were he growing up in today's world, he might well be labeled autistic; as for his grand ideas about the great scheme of things, I can never quite get my arms around the universe, some ignorance is healthy, I believe.

[PatrickHenry]

I hate that Einstein seemed to buy into the misconception that his scientific brilliance conferred upon him some special political insight, and that therefore his opinions on such matters should carry extra weight.

Right. To the end, he remained a socialist. Probably the result of his early coffee house days in pre-WWI Europe. Somewhat excusable then, because so many Europeans were (and are) ignorant about such things. Alas, he never seems to have bothered to learn about the economic system of his adoped country, and as a result, zillions of idiots imagine that socialism is the "intellectual" position to take when in fact, it's the moronic position.

So he was wrong when he said that his cosmological constant was his biggest blunder. Rather, it was his endorsement of socialism.