Once Einstein was asked how many feet are in a mile. He said, "I don't know. Why should I dump my brain with the facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?" Was he an Einstein because he didn't know that, or despite not knowing that?
Surya asked a young girl at Vijay TV show, "What is the name of the lady who killed Rajiv Gandhi?" She answered, "Priyanka... Chopra".
Both Einstein and the young girl are entitled to have the legitimate excuse - why to store unnecessary facts in brain that are available in the books.
Knowledge helps, but knowledge alone does not help. Otherwise, G.S. Pradeep, the grandmaster, should have found his name in the list of Nobel laureates, not in the Limca book of records.
என்ன சொல்ல வாரீங்க தலைவரே? ;-)
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