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<blockquote data-quote="Ayasano" data-source="post: 79414" data-attributes="member: 4804"><p>According to <a href="http://semiticcontroversies.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/einstein-poor-student.html" target="_blank">this</a> post, the grades switched during his last year of school. I see that particular date repeated a lot across the internet. I can't seem to find an official record of the claim either though, but I guess that's to be expected with such an old document.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure why you would interpret this as some kind of conspiracy though. It seems infinitely more likely that someone knew of the old system and simply got the dates slightly confused, and started the rumour. The rumour spread because people like the idea that they don't need to work hard to be successful. It refuses to be squashed because of <a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/iw/positive_bias_look_into_the_dark/" target="_blank">confirmation bias</a>. (Simply put, we value positive evidence more than we value negative evidence)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ayasano, post: 79414, member: 4804"] According to [URL='http://semiticcontroversies.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/einstein-poor-student.html']this[/URL] post, the grades switched during his last year of school. I see that particular date repeated a lot across the internet. I can't seem to find an official record of the claim either though, but I guess that's to be expected with such an old document. I'm not sure why you would interpret this as some kind of conspiracy though. It seems infinitely more likely that someone knew of the old system and simply got the dates slightly confused, and started the rumour. The rumour spread because people like the idea that they don't need to work hard to be successful. It refuses to be squashed because of [URL='http://lesswrong.com/lw/iw/positive_bias_look_into_the_dark/']confirmation bias[/URL]. (Simply put, we value positive evidence more than we value negative evidence) [/QUOTE]
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