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Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour
As others have already said it isn't surprising that Einstein said that. What I find more interesting is the number of commenters on the article who seem to think that Einstein shouldn't be commenting on metaphysical questions. Yet I don't complain when an athelete thanks god or religious scientists express a belief in god, so why shouldn't einstein hold such views publically?
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Another interesting theme in some comments I've seen is "Yeah, well, he didn't really believe that. He had some doubt that day and we see it in this letter. It doesn't mean anything".
People will grasp at any straw.