I have discovered something that people don't know yet: Einstein invented the fluffy slippers too!

I have discovered something that people don't know yet: Einstein invented the fluffy slippers too!

Originally shared by Hek Waves

136 years from today, on Mar 14th 1879, Albert Einstein was born. Beside of the foundation of modern physics, he's also left a notable set of thoughts on humanity and life. When Einstein died on April 18, 1955 he left a piece of writing ending in an unfinished sentence. These were his last words:

In essence, the conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semi-religious trappings. The difference is that, this time, the development of atomic power has imbued the struggle with a ghostly character; for both parties know and admit that, should the quarrel deteriorate into actual war, mankind is doomed. Despite this knowledge, statesmen in responsible positions on both sides continue to employ the well-known technique of seeking to intimidate and demoralize the opponent by marshalling superior military strength. They do so even though such a policy entails the risk of war and doom. Not one statesman in a position of responsibility has dared to pursue the only course that holds out any promise of peace, the course of supranational security, since for a statesman to follow such a course would be tantamount to political suicide. Political passions, once they have been fanned into flame, exact their victims ... Citater fra...

Well, these words where written just ten years after the end of WW2 and at the raise of the cold war. Today, after sixty more years of globalization and political as well as religious polarization, these thoughts are more unfinished than than ever - not just by Einstein!

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