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Children of a Lesser God 02.12.2008 by Michele Zackheim

Cults of historians, scientists, and everyday people persist in idolizing Albert Einstein. For his family, though, the name Einstein has cast a long, complicated, and difficult shadow. Today the two living grandchildren and five living great-grandchildren are weary of being hounded by Einstein worshippers and weary of trying to live up to the unprecedented achievements of their ancestor. They struggle to live private lives, well distanced from his fame, and they have succeeded: The most notable aspect of the Einstein descendants is how nearly invisible they are. Even in anonymity, though, there is no escaping the family legacy. Albert Einstein, a man of remarkable insights, was also a man of many serious flaws. His quixotic behavior and strained personal relationships loom menacingly over his descendants. Today the Einsteins are a fractured family. I recently spoke with Aude Einstein, Albert's granddaughter-in-law and the mother of all five of his great-grandchildren. I had spoken to other family members previously while researching a book about Albert's missing daughter, Lieserl, and I believed Aude was the only new source now available to me. I was petrified about calling her, and I rehearsed how I could broach the subject of her renowned ancestor without her hanging up on me. My anxiety was unfounded. As soon as I heard her welcoming voice, I thought it would be all right. Aude Ascher Einstein is in her seventies and lives in Switzerland. She is now divorced from Bernhard Einstein, the grandson of Albert. We had a friendly, lengthy telephone conversation. A few days later, though, she wrote to me and retracted her interview. "My family and I myself do not want you or anybody to write about our family. Sorry, but it would hurt and be destructive for the already precarious, fragile situation of our family. I deeply regret to have talked too much with you on the phone." I was not surprised, and in deference to her wishes, this article contains no other information from our conversation. "One cannot," Albert Einstein wrote, "expect one's children to inherit a mind." Yet his surviving family members are, to an extent, forced to define themselves against the judgments and expectations of a world that hungers for any lingering vestiges of the legendary genius. THE CHILDREN

Albert's family life was steeped in drama from the start. All three of his children were by Mileva Maric, his first wife: Lieserl, Hans Albert, and Eduard, called Tete, all born between 1902 and 1910. Lieserl, their out-of-wedlock daughter, appears to have died when she was 21 months old, most likely of scarlet fever at her mother's home in the Serbian province Vojvodina. Little is known about Lieserl; her only legacy is a complicated mystery filled with secrecy, subterfuge, and cryptic messages. Tete was admitted to the Burghölzli psychiatric hospital in Zurich when he was 38. He had been diagnosed as schizophrenic, but many people believe he was overdosed with drugs and harmed by the many "cures" that were used at the time. His father wrote to Mileva in 1932, "I am not in favor of psychiatric treatments." Less than two months later, when Tete was struggling to keep his emotional equilibrium, Albert wrote to him, "When you come to visit you must teach me about psychoanalysis; I'll try to keep a straight face." Tete and Hans Albert both tried to live up to their father's aston­ishing achievements. Hans Albert's adopted daughter, Evelyn Einstein, remembers that many of Einstein's friends and colleagues thought Tete was the one who had inherited his father's intellect. "He was definitely the genius," she says. "Next to Tete, my father was just a plodder." But Hans Albert was certainly smart enough. He studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and became a hydraulic engineer. "Rivers don't like to be changed around," he said. "They fight back." When Hans Albert was 21, he met Frieda Knecht, a woman nine years his senior. Frieda was, like his mother, Mileva, highly intelligent and intensely opinionated. Albert and Mileva, who had been rancorously divorced for three years, were united in their opposition to the proposed marriage. There were "such significant faults of heredity in both families," Albert wrote of Mileva's and Frieda's families. "If they would never have children, I could rest easy. But the heredity of our own children is not without blemish." This was an emotionally complicated statement; Albert had always accused Mileva and her family of having "bad genes," never admitting that he and his family might too. Now he was saying that Frieda came from unhealthy stock, that she was 4 feet 11 inches tall due to dwarfism, that Frieda's mother was unbalanced (when reportedly she had an overactive thyroid). Hans Albert and Frieda married despite these protests and remained together until her death. THE GRANDCHILDREN

With Lieserl gone and Tete institutionalized, it was left to Hans Albert to pass on the Einstein genes. Bernhard Einstein, born in 1930, was Albert's first grandson; Klaus, born in 1932, was his second. In 1938 the family immigrated to America from Switzerland, settling in Clemson, South Carolina, where Hans Albert found work studying soil conservation with the U.S. Agricultural Experiment Station. But within a year tragedy struck: Klaus died of diphtheria. A number of biographers assert that his parents were adhering to the canons of Christian Science and had not sought appropriate medical attention.

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Bernhard divides his time between Switzerland and California. He attended university in Zurich, then worked for the Swiss army, developing armor plating for tanks. He once recalled that when he was 25, his grandfather "talked to me for the first time ever about physics. He asked me what I know about energy, but he dropped the question immediately when he realized that I could not discuss the subject on his terms. That was the last time I saw him." Bernhard's sister, Evelyn, is the only one of Albert's descendants who still speaks openly with me. She lives in a home that is a jumble of history. When I first met her, in 1995, she was in her fifties, with cropped brown and silver hair, dressed in black pants and sandals and a bright crimson shirt. On her collar was a silver Star Trek pin. Due to illness, she could barely walk. She scooted among leaning towers of paper in an old wheelchair decorated with garishly colored plastic Star Trek gewgaws. On the day I visited, her house was a disaster. A water pipe had broken and flooded the living room; every surface was covered with piles of damp papers, and the sofa was heaped with dissolving cardboard boxes. "Don't be concerned; my house is always a bit upside down," Evelyn said, laughing. She invited me to sit on the clammy sofa. "I have to apologize for not dressing up for your visit," she continued with precise diction in a deep, lilting voice. "You see, my mother didn't teach me how to dress. And, as you can see"-she gave a sweeping gesture-"I have inherited my family's slovenly behavior. I'm not elegant." Evelyn was an infant when she was adopted by Hans Albert and Frieda. I listened in astonishment as she told me, "Since I was young, I have been told that I was really Albert Einstein's daughter." She believes that she may, in fact, be the result of an affair he had with a dancer in New York. But she does not insist: "I realized that this big, dark secret about my birth was an open book to many people. Since I have no proof, I thought that if I broached this subject to people they would think that I am crazy, a total fruitcake! So I never spoke about it." Thus Hans Albert, Evelyn's adoptive father, may possibly be her half brother, and Evelyn's brother, Bernhard, may be her nephew. Evelyn takes perverse delight in the scenario. Evelyn, born in 1941, is a highly intelligent woman, but her life as an Einstein has been awful. From the beginning, she felt closer to her mother and distant from her father. Married and then divorced, she had no children. Among a number of other jobs, she worked as a dogcatcher, a reserve policewoman, and a cult deprogrammer. After battling cancer and liver disease, she began to slide downhill. For a while she was living in her car and eating out of the trash. "I can tell you every good garbage Dumpster in the area," she said, "but I never panhandled a penny." With tenacity she pulled herself up, began to collect disability insurance, and settled down to a cloistered life, still possessing a wry sense of humor. THE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN

"When I was 14," Evelyn said, "Bernhard took me for a ride on his motorcycle to the woods outside Zurich and told me that his wife, Aude [Albert's granddaughter-in-law], was pregnant. After Thomas was born, I remember feeling bad that my grandfather, Albert, did not live long enough to meet his first great-grandchild." I met Thomas in 1995 when I joined him and his aunt Evelyn for lunch at a fish restaurant in California. A handsome, quiet man, he seemed nervous about being with Evelyn but was very polite. In the conversation, he mentioned a "trust." Evelyn asked what it was. Thomas jumped to another subject, but I could see fire roiling in Evelyn's eyes. She later filed a complaint in California state court, alleging that her nephew and the trust's attorney had hidden a cache of letters from Albert Einstein to various family members estimated to be worth $15 million. Evelyn and her brother, Bernhard, had been named the beneficiaries of the trust. After a long legal battle and negotiations, the case was settled. Thomas, the father of three teenagers, is a physician, certified in emergency medicine and anesthesiology. He presently administers anesthesia for plastic, dental, and oral surgeons in California. Evelyn's favorite nephew seems to be Bernhard's second son, Paul Einstein, born in 1958. Since Paul was musically inclined, Bern­hard gave him Albert Einstein's violin. Today he is married and living in the south of France, where he is a composer and violinist. In 2004 Paul performed at the German Physical Society's celebration of Einstein's 125th birthday in Ulm, where Albert was born. Paul played Mozart's Sonata in E Minor, Albert's favorite piece. Eduard (Ted) Einstein, Aude and Bernhard's third son, was born in 1960. Instead of going to college, he learned masonry and construction. He now owns several furniture warehouses and a retail furniture store in the Los Angeles area, where he is married, with children. Ted once appeared in a commercial driving a new Oldsmobile, touting its worth and declaring, "You don't have to be an Einstein to figure that out." Aude and Bernhard's only daughter, Mira Einstein Yehieli, was born in 1965 and now lives in Israel with her husband, a musician, and family. Evelyn told me that the last time she saw Mira was many years ago. "She was quite pretty, musically talented." Charly Einstein, Aude and Bernhard's last child, was born in 1971. He and his family live in Switzerland, where, according to a childhood friend, he grew up loving computer games, at one point selling them at a store he owned called Einstein's World. Later he worked as a spokesman for a large hospital in Switzerland. In an online posting, great-grandson Charly addressed what it was like being related to Albert Einstein: "Sometimes it appears to me that people think that he is some kind of God. Therefore it feels like many look upon me as if I was a great-grandson of God. To be honest, that is an extremely weird and alien feeling to me." Albert Einstein was an anomaly; neither his parents nor any of his progeny showed his inspired scientific insight. Despite that-despite his grappling with his last name-Charly feels a common thread connecting him and the rest of the family to his great-grandfather. "We Einsteins do not believe in authority. We solve problems in highly unconventional ways," he has said, "in our own way."

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The ten most intelligent animals are the following:

1. Human
2. Dolphin (many of the approximately eighty species)
3. Chimpanzee (two species)
4. Gorilla
5. Orangutan
6. Baboon (seven species, including drill and mandrill)
7. Gibbon (seven species)
8. Monkey (many species, especially the macaques, the patas, and the Celebes black ape)
9. Smaller-toothed whale (several species, especially killer whale
10. Elephant
11. Pig

Dolphins, Great Apes, Elephants, Parrots, and Crows are about tied for second place.
Dolphins or a Monkey
The cleverest animal in the world are humans and other primates.

2nd Answer: Dolphins are pretty smart and it is proven that honey bees are smarter than most dogs.

Bees: dance at the other bees to say what flower has good nectar and

the pattern of the dance and the number of shakes is how many yards away the flower is from the hive.

Other smart animals:

dogs

parrots

chimp: closest animal to humans

This is sort of a stereotypical question. Many animals are smarter than others in different ways. Many people would say humans, but that could be disputed. With proper training, a dog can be smarter than a human. (

Caveat: Jane Goodall is an expert in animal behavior but represents but one expert's opinion.

Besides humans, Jane Goodall has applied her vast experience and research to compile the following list of the top five animals:

1. Great Apes Language once was thought to be limited to people. "All the great apes [in captivity] -- which include chimpanzees, bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees), gorillas and orangutans -- have learned American Sign Language," Goodall says. What's more, each kind of ape has taught ASL to others of their own kind.

"Great apes can use computers," she says. "There's a chimpanzee in Japan who's hooked on her computer like kids are hooked on video games. She's learned to solve complex problems. For example, she can replicate a set of numbers on the computer after the screen goes dead. To watch her is amazing. Her mind is clearly working the same way as ours, but actually much, much faster.

"Maybe chimps are a little too much like us; look at them, and we look into a mirror. The reflection isn't always flattering. They live in a society where power is rewarding for its own sake. They also have wars over territory."

2. Whales and Dolphins

Unusual among animals, whales and dolphins use high frequencies to communicate with those they can't see.

It was once assumed that only humans could communicate with others they can't see, but it turns out dolphins and whales (and elephants, too) have their own versions of telephone and e-mail. Whales and dolphins use high frequencies to communicate over long distances. In fact, they seem to have a need to "talk." Goodall says: "We're only starting to understand what it is they're saying to one another. I believe when we ultimately learn what they're talking about, it will be quite revealing."

3. Elephants

Elephants and great apes have painted original works of art, a creative expression of intelligence once thought restricted to humans.

They use very low frequencies to communicate over great distances. "Elephants establish long-term friendships and recognize these individuals years later," Goodall says. "We all know elephants remember." They also have "extraordinary empathy and compassion," she says, explaining how elephants sometimes even "bury" their dead. "When elephants come across a dead companion they recognize, they may outwardly grieve."

4. Parrots

African Gray parrots are known for their large vocabularies.

"I know a parrot in New York called N'kisi (a Congo African Gray parrot) who knows 971 words. He isn't counted as having a new word until he's used it at least five times in a proper context. In other words, if he just repeats a word, that doesn't count. Before I met N'kisi, his owner, Aimee, was showing him pictures of me and chimps. When I walked into the room, he asked, 'Got a chimp?' Aimee broke a necklace, and he said, 'What a pity. You broke your new, nice necklace.' He uses grammar and initiates conversation (all skills once reserved for people). This bird even has a Web site [sheldrake.org/nkisi]. I don't think he's an exceptionally brilliant parrot; I do think we're only starting to understand how smart they are."

5. Dogs & Cats

Dogs first led Goodall to recognize animal intelligence. She finds dogs and cats often are more perceptive than people.

"They're as different as chimps and gorillas, and the age-old question about which are smarter I won't tackle," Goodall says. "Dogs have always been a part of my life and opened my eyes to animal intelligence. The stories of how devoted dogs are to people are legendary, but this is a choice they freely make. Dogs and cats are so perceptive -- much more than people are. They know what their people are thinking; they're always a step ahead of us."

Ben Z'ev: I disagree wolves are definitely smarter than elephants. Rule 1 of animal intelligence: carnivores and omnivores are smarter than herbivores because carnivores and omnivores need to develop tactics to hunt larger herbivores.
1. Humans
2. Dolphins
3. Horse
the most smartiest animal in the world is mokeys,whales,dolphins,horses
It depends on how you define intelligence. Humans are highly encephalized, and thanks to our big brains we have been able to survive in almost all parts of the world. We are primates. Generally the primates have larger brains than would be expected for their body size, and that might make them 'smart'.
You see them everyday and theyre always around you. HUMANS! Humans are the smartest animals on Earth obviously! Otherwise you wouldn't be on a computer right now. Humans are animals too its not like your just some random thing.

the smartest land animal is the chimp but the the smartest animal are orcas and other dolphins.
a monkey
some of the smartest animals are Chimps, Dolphins, Pigs, and I think Horses. Chimps and Monkeys would be the second smartest animals, dolphins following, then pigs.

One View:

Sadly, while you can learn more, you cannot increase IQ. What you are born with is what you have.

Despite this fact, some organizations do try to sell IQ improvement techniques to those who don't know better.

ANOTHER ANSWER

There are a handful of effective IQ-increasing interventions with a firm scientific basis - a basis in experimental laboratories and the exacting standards of peer reviewed scientific journals. Cognitive-enhancing nutrition, exercise and meditation are not covered here.

1. Brain Training

This includes specific exercises targeting the brain. There is a popular website that offers daily exercises (games) you can do for a subscription, and it grades you on your results and tracks your progress. They claim permanent, life-changing effects such as better social skills, better control of negative emotions, better memory, and faster cognition. You likely don't have to go to their site. Just play computer games that tax you mentally and which you really hate to play.

You often can get better PC performance if you install more RAM or a faster hard drive, so it stands to reason that if you can improve your memory and make more neural connections, you could improve brain function. You can exercise your muscles and build them, so it stands to reason that you can improve mental function in a similar manner.

Also, the earlier the intervention, the better and more lasting the results. The younger you are, the more plastic the brain is. There was an early project tried in North Carolina that was similar to Head Start, but more intense, and started sooner. All the participants, including the control group, received medical care, monitoring by social services, and police involvement when necessary to try to mitigate some of the effects of poverty to avoid skewing the results. The participants were twice as likely to finish high school and attend college, and about half as likely to use drugs, get arrested, or be as sexually active while in school.

Recent studies have shown that Asians might not have as much genetic influence on intellect (or even the severe nearsightedness many over there have) as have been assumed for many years. So diet and discipline may play a huge role. The US felt guilty for what it did in WWII and brought in US business leaders and other experts to try to rebuild the country as quickly as possible. Along with that they brought a competitive spirit and strict self-discipline. The techniques and ideas worked, and the entire country adopted them. So they raised their kids to with such strict discipline and fostered a sense of self-worth that comes from intellectual achievement. The "smart Asian" stereotype didn't seem to exist in the US prior to WWII.

Far-reaching advances in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience over the past decade have identified a close link between frontal lobe 'working memory' circuitry, and fronto-parietal problem solving, self-control and fluid reasoning circuitry. Our working memory is used for holding information in mind (images, concepts, language, numbers) for brief periods while engaging in active, goal-focused thinking or comprehension, while screening out distracting information. Working memory has a limited capacity, and the bigger that capacity the more the cognitive 'RAM' power a person has for processing information - to make connections, generate alternatives, and grasp relationships. This brainpower lies at the core of being smart.

2. Nootropics ('Smart Drugs')

The issue of using medication for cognitive enhancement is highly controversial, and there are ethical questions to be raised.

Nootropics - also known as smart drugs, memory enhancers, cognitive enhancers and intelligence enhancers - are drugs, supplements, nutraceuticals (a product isolated or purified from foods) that are designed to improve cognitive functions such as memory, attention and intelligence. The use of nootropics for cognitive performance is widespread.

3. Cortical Stimulation

A number of studies in the last few years have shown very promising results from applying electrical current to the brain using a technology known as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). tDCS is a noninvasive technique in which a weak current is applied to the brain constantly over time to excite or inhibit the activity of neurons.

William James Sidis had the highest ever known IQ estimated at between 250 and 300.

The recorded highest IQ was Marilyn vos Savant's 228 IQ.

Listen more and talk less. People find good listeners irresistible and usually can't wait to launch forth about themselves. You can learn from their experiences and apply the lessons to your own life. You can also advise people (if they ask it) from the other experiences you have learned from. This policy usually heightens the respect of others around you without your having to worry too much about being a genius or studying Einstein's theory of relativity or some such nonsense. People despise gabble-rs a lot more readily then quiet people. A lot of your IQ rating among others actually depends upon the control you have upon what you say.
You study.

If you are still in school, you pay attention in class, and maybe go to college or university.

Make sure you get good grades.