• pruwyben
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    1 year ago

    “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” - Stephen Jay Gould

    Maybe inspired by this quote?

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      1 year ago

      I think the worse thought is that there aren’t any Einsteins living in these conditions because the environments they live in are so bad that their minds have been damaged. Malnourishment and pollution can seriously screw you up.

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      Or rather that she mastered all there is to life. Bringing out your highest self does not coincide with fame or any other non-subjective value. That is something only you can determine.

      Every “meaningless” or “unheard” life infinitely shapes the universe.