Einstein's advice to Marie Curie on dealing with trolls: "Don't read that hogwash"

[kpete]

more:
https://twitter.com/DrFunkySpoon/status/540899313899933698

At the time, Curie was putting up with a lot of ridiculous criticism. Despite winning a Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on radioactivity, in January 1911, her bid for a seat in the French Academy of Sciences had been rejected, likely in part because she was a woman and atheist, and perhaps also due to rumors that she was Jewish — a problem in an anti-Semitic, Dreyfuss affair-era France.

And what Einstein's referring to in this letter is that soon after that, news came out that Curie, a widow, was having an affair with a physicist named Paul Langevin. He was married, but estranged from his wife — but critics said that Curie had tarnished the name of her deceased husband Pierre Curie.

In response to all this, Einstein praised Curie's work, and offered some time-tested advice for dealing with trolls. He preferred the evocative term "reptiles," but his succinct advice from a century ago still holds true today: "don't read that hogwash."

via:
http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/12/6/7342171/trolls-einstein-curie

[Leopolds Ghost]

1. Aptly put. I should post this in response

I should post this in response to this amusing video lamenting the existence of trolls

When will the average person realize that most people are not only not well-intentioned, but actively unjust in their dealings with others? The only way to be positive is to engage in positive resistance.

[Cha]

2. Great advice, Einstein.. Don't Read that Hogwash! Gotta love Einstein.. mahalo kpete

[kpete]

4. back at you Cha

happy holidays too


and of course,
peace, and love and John Lennon,
kp

[Cha]

5. Peace Love and John Lennon, kpete~

[IDemo]

3. I'm not sure that the Langevin affair was ever positively verified

But she was vilified nonetheless.