Beyond The Illusion: Myths That Foolish People Believe Are Facts

Einstein Failed Math

Somehow this debunked myth gained traction during Einstein’s lifetime. He was at pains to tell people that he passed all of his classes with flying colors before going on to become one of the greatest scientific minds ever. However, many folks continue to believe that he failed math in school.

Maybe teachers wanted to make underachieving children feel better by comparing them to Einstein. The reality was that he mastered differential and integral calculus before he was 15. We don’t know what either of those are so let’s just say he was smarter than the average child (via History).