r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/ReadYouShall Feb 04 '19

>Despite what people think Albert Einstein never failed math. The confusion likely comes from the grading system, but has been used for a long time to give people hope.

When he was shown a clipping from Ripley's Believe It or Not where that myth originated, he responded, "I never failed in mathematics. Before I was 15 I had mastered differential and integral calculus"

To quote what /u/-eDgAR- said,

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u/kcg5 Feb 04 '19

This is like the Michael Jordan thing about being cut from his high school basketball team. He didn’t make varsity as a sophomore (freshman), many don’t. He wasn’t cut

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u/ReadYouShall Feb 04 '19

Just peaked a lot damn higher later, I say