Bhushan Bhangale wrote:
>
Albert Einstein worked at the Princeton Institute for
Advanced Studies[1]. One day, as he was deep in thought
at his desk, there was a loud knock on his door. Einstein
looked up, startled. There, in the doorway, stood a
young student from the neighboring university. In a
loud void the student announced "I am taking a beginning
physics class, and I am confused by the first problem
in Chapter 1. Here is the problem." And the young
student slammed the book down on Einstein's desk and
demanded "What is the answer?"
Einstein sat back in his chair and pondered for a
moment. Normally, he would have called for campus
security immediately, but this was the 43rd time an
insistent student had bothered him that week, and
he wanted to get to the bottom of the problem.
"Son", said Einstein, "I could doubtless do your
homework for you, but I've got very important things
to work on, and only a limited amount of time left
before I die. Do you really think my time would be
best spent doing your homework?"
"Yes, of course. My homework is obviously the most
important thing, since my immediate gratification out
weighs any other consideration. I could ask my teacher,
but you are smarter than he is, so I have chosen to
ask you. So answer!" shouted the student.
Einstein was taken aback by this, but instead of
answering in anger, he merely asked "Son, I know you
are not a total idiot, since you had to pass the
entrance exam of the university. The answer to your
question is available in the very book you slammed
down onto my desk. If you were only to read the
first chapter, you would be able to do the homework
problem easily on your own".
"You aren't listening old man!" screamed the student.
"Answering my question is the most important thing
in the whole world! Why are you so rude? You know the
answer and you won't tell me! You are mean! And you
are impolite!"
At this, Einstein picked up the his cane and hit
the student very hard over the head with it. And
the student was enlightened.
-cks
[1] <URL:http://www.ias.edu>
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