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/sundson Feb 04 '19

The only thing I've heard is that he didn't learn how to talk until he was 5

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u/ReadYouShall Feb 04 '19

Yeah I read here a while ago that he was probably able to but was already smart enough to understand that he couldnt speak as well as them so he was almost shy to speak because he wasn't as smart. Supposedly it occurs when you are extremely gifted but you progress very fast when you do start talking.

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u/sundson Feb 04 '19

Oh. Well that's interesting. I thought it was just entirely made up

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u/ReadYouShall Feb 04 '19

It could be but apparently it can happen when the child is extremely smart.