Posted by Nickengland on October 17, 2005, at 9:28:55
In reply to Re: Truth » verne, posted by Nickengland on October 17, 2005, at 8:32:09
Hi Sarah,
>Hi Nick. Spelling and grammar are important for career advancement, but I understand what you are saying. For what it's worth, my uncle is a physician (an M.D.) and a nuclear physicist (a Ph.D.), yet his spelling is atrocious!
I know what you mean :-)... Interesting you mention your uncle being a Nuclear Psysicist (not that i'm one lol) it reminded me that there were claims that Einstein was dyslexic..
Was Einstein dyslexic or not?
YES. Although many biographers claim to have disproved that Einstein was dyslexic, their arguments are based on the premise that because he actually excelled in school, he could therefore not have had a learning disability. Just because Einstein was reading Immanuel Kant at the age of 13 does not mean he was not dyslexic. Many people who suffer from dyslexia are actually avaricious readers of extremely heavy academic material. The truth is that the Einstein was known to do many of the things that were symptomatic of people suffering from dyslexia, such as to frequently transpose and omit letters, numbers, and formulas in his writings and to scramble sentences.
NO. Einstein excelled at most subjects at school and did not exhibit any signs of a learning disability. Where dyslexics have difficulty with symbolic objects, such as letters and numerals, Einstein did not; samples of his handwriting show exceptional clarity in both flow and form. There is no evidence he ever substituted, omitted, reversed or transposed his words, nor did he ever have trouble with complex formulae. Other symptoms of dyslexia, including trouble with abstract concepts and a difficulty summarizing thoughts, require little explanation. It should be noted that Sir Winston Churchill, another supposed sufferer, is described as "not dyslexic" and having "no learning disability whatsoever" by The Churchill Foundation (Source: http://www.winstonchurchill.org ).
Interesting. Although i'm not sure if i'm dyslexic (anythings possible) I am sure I can't compare myself to that genius! lol
Kind regards
Nick
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