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Einstein was asked, but did not know the speed of sound as included in the [ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/would-you-pass-thomas-edisons-employment-test-180954562/ Edison Test ]. When this was pointed out, he said, “[I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books.

He also said, “…The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”

Questions: Is Einstein's first statement an absolute?