Rule #6: Blind obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of the truth.
- Einstein criticized the abandonment of critical thinking, terming it “collective insanity” or “groupthink”.
- He faced this when his theory of relativity was discredited by scientists, including Johannes Stark, driven by nationalism and anti-semitism.
- This led to Einstein fleeing Germany, emphasizing that blind obedience is truth’s greatest enemy.
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Albert Einstein — notorious as the greatest physicist and genius of his time, and possibly of all-time — probably isn’t the first name you think of in terms of life advice.
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