Was Einstein Dyslexic? Fact or myth? He was never tested for dyslexia. Is it all conjecture?
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Unless Einstein, Patton and Churchill were alive today, or until they figure out a way to test from DNA, it will always be conjecture.\n\nSo go ahead and use them to motivate your kids if that is what will light a fire under their butts.
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Mmmmmmmm...NO?\nNO! Does he know how to read? When you listen to him stutter and mispronounce words, there should be no doubt in anyone's mind!
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I know there is a form of dyslexia that deals with numbers rather than letters, but I don't know the name of it.  I have the same problem.  It's annoying.  ::argh::
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fairy tales? , probably you can do that in literature or history, but in physics is sort of hard ..He dedicated his life to work , he was truly a genius, we needed a bunch of scientists to get together just for continue with his legacy ; maybe his ideas were , at his time, sort of fantastic ; but I don't think He was a lier or something ,if that's what you were trying to say... if not, yeah he was fun :P
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No he did not.  I review of his library at Mount Vernon proves that he was a voracious reader, and an astute student of the world.  He was highly inquisitive and always wanted to learn more.  That was the core teachings of the fundamentalist movement in the latter part of the 18th century, since they believed it brought you closer to God.  So no, there is definitely no evidence that G. Washington had any such disability.  He was a great president and great man.  Such disabilities are a product of modern times, since children are no longer raised in an environment that fosters learning and detailed attention to particular tasks.  Thus, with the constant stream of information from radio, t.v., and computers we are constantly flitting about, and it could be said that we all have learning disabilities!
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No its not possible to cure dyslexia, I think you just learn to live with it in some cases. Other people I know struggle every day with everyday things because of it. It depends what your dyslexia is concerned with. Some people it can be numbers, some it cna be words or spelling or processing skills. Things can make it better or less obvious depedning on the job you eventually take
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I have asked myself that question. Some spelling is so bad I read it more than once thinking it is a joke.\n\nI do the same with some of the questions that people ask. I am by far not a genius, but I wasn't aware of the number of people that are totally ignorant. I am not trying to be cruel or mean by saying that.  It's a fact that I had not thought about before.
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Am I Dyslexic?\nSelf check yes no\n1 Do you mix up numbers e.g. 108 1008 1080?\n2 Do you find arithmetic difficult?\n3 Do you find fractions, decimals and percentages difficult?\n4 Do you find it difficult to use algebra?\n5 Do you find it difficult to copy from a sheet, board, calculator or\nscreen?\n6 Do you find it difficult to follow steps in a mathematical process?\n7 When you are half way through a problem, do you lose track of what\nyou are being asked to do?\n8 Do you forget what different signs/symbols mean?\n9 Do you find it difficult to remember formulae or theorems?\n10 Do you get dates and times mixed up and miss appointments?\n11 Do you forget or mix up spoken instructions?\n12 Do you find it difficult to listen and take notes at the same time?\n13 Do you forget the correct mathematical name for symbols?\n14 Do you get tired quickly when you read?\n15 Do you have problems reading mathematical symbols?\n16 Does your reading take you longer than your friends?\n17 Do you have to keep re-reading sentences to understand their\nmeaning?\n18 Do you find it difficult to work out what a ‘wordy’ question is asking\nyou to do?\n19 Do you have slow or messy handwriting?\n20 Do your lecture notes have gaps in?\n21 Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed, stressed or unable to cope?\nMost people with Dyslexia find that they have many of the above problems. If you\nrecognise these difficulties in yourself, and have answered yes to a majority of the\nquestions, you might want to talk confidentially about it. You should seek advice from\nwithin your institution.
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One is born with dyslexia. \n\nShe did not discover exactly what it was until a grownup, but she always had it. Here is what she says:\n\nWhen did you find out you were dyslexic? \n\nWhen I was a grown woman\n\n"When I was a kid they didn't call it dyslexia. They called it... you know, you were slow, or you were retarded, or whatever. And so, I learned from a guy who was running a program who I met one day and he had written out on a board a sentence. And I said to him, "You know, I can't read that." And he said, "Why not"? And I said, "Because it doesn't make any sense to me." So he said, "Well, write down what you see under each. Whatever you see, write exactly what you see underneath." And so, he brought me to letters by coordinating what I saw to something called an A, or a B, or a C, or a D, and that was pretty cool."
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Einstein was a genius, no doubt, but he was wrong on a lot of counts-even in physics.  He denied the possibility of quantum physics to his dying day, and yet quantum physics is the basis of more discoveries than relativity.  There are a number of examples of brilliant men and women, Nobel laureates, who were absolutely wrong in many things.  No human is infallable.
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So little known?? I've seen television shows about him, read numerous articles in mainstream periodicals, learned about him in many of my college courses...I don't know why you think he is little known-other than the fact that very few of the great physicists are well known by the general public, except for Einstein and Hawking, and maybe Curie.
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Yes. Man had to have intelligence first before there could be literacy. \n\nIntelligence is having a high degree of mental capacity and expressing good judgment and sound thought. \n\nIlliteracy simply means having little or no education, being unable to read or write.\n\nThere are many ways one can learn in addition to reading and writing, therefore I believe a person can be capable of intelligent conversation and abstract thinking without having had an education.
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Blanca V, I must ask the question of 'how old is Johnny,' before formulating any opinions about why johnny can not read or why johnny can not find a job.\nIf johnny is in or has attended school at least up to the eighth grade and still cannot read, he should already have been noticed as a possible dyslexic (not sure about the meaning of the word; however, I believe that dyslexia is an inabliity to receive visible letters as a person who is not dyslexic can).\nAnd if johnny has completed the 8th grade and still cannot find a job, and if he is dyslexic, then johnny cannot read a job ad, and maybe he would do better just simply asking for a job.\nI hope that this helps some.  Jose
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Good question. Also is the effect of alphabet-ti spaghetti lost on dyslexics??????????
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She may be dyslexic and she may just be immature. \n\nDyslexic people are visual, multi-dimensional thinkers. They are intuitive and highly creative, and excel at hands-on learning. Because they think in pictures, it is sometimes hard for them to understand letters, numbers, symbols, and written words.\nThey can learn to read, write and study efficiently when they use methods geared to their unique learning style.\nhttp://www.dyslexia.com/\n\nMany years ago when no one understood dylexia, people who were dyslexic were often thought to be dumb, almost retarded. I personally was acquainted with the founder of a company that now has over a billion dollars in sales annually. He was thought to be a dunce when he was young because he couldn't read and no one ever bothered to find out what was wrong. Although he was a genius inventor, all his life he had his secretary read his letters to him!
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Einstein liked to flirt when he was young but he was also obsessed with his Physics. For example, his first marriage ended in divorce because of his indifference to his wife and child. This was during the first release of his general theory. Their marriage was good for him because she was a higher math major and they worked together in their early marriage towards the release of his book.\n\nPBS had an outstanding bio on him about a year ago and it revealed a side of him and woman that I had never known before. I am sure if you got on the web and went to the PBS web site, www.PBS.org and looked under Nova and the name of the DVD movie is: Einstein's Big Idea. I know this is the one because I recognized the guy that played him when I saw it. Hope this helped and good luck.
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Oh, that is a very funny joke. It would be, albeit, near impossible for a dyslexic person to sell their soul to Santa if all he accepts are applications from people who are 3 feet tall or below. Therefore, the dyslexic person must meet the requirements :]