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Film director Shekhar Kapur shared a purported letter<\/a> from 1907 rejecting physicist Albert Einstein’s doctoral application. His tweet drew over 5,000 likes and more than 900 retweets.<\/p>\n

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Same letter shared by Shashi Tharoor in 2018<\/h4>\n

“For all those smarting from rejection: those in power today (&in a position to judge you) will not necessarily be proven right tomorrow. And their judgement of you might look downright silly….” tweeted Shashi Tharoor\u00a0<\/a>on June 11, referring to a letter of rejection from the University of Bern to scientist Albert Einstein for his unsuccessful doctoral application and ineligibility for the position of associate professor at the university.<\/p>\n

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For all those smarting from rejection: those in power today (&in a position to judge you) will not necessarily be proven right tomorrow. And their judgement of you might look downright silly…. pic.twitter.com\/jiDzjbaRyt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Morphed letter<\/h4>\n

According to the article by American fact-checking outlet Snopes<\/a>, Einstein’s initial\u00a0doctoral\u00a0application, deemed insufficient, was indeed rejected along with a denial of the position of associate professor by the University of Bern in 1907. However, the viral letter is a modern fabrication and NOT the actual letter sent to Einstein.<\/p>\n

Snopes pointed out, “The University of Bern, a school located in a country (Switzerland) where the predominant language was German, would not have sent the German-speaking Einstein, who published his academic work in German, a letter written in English.” Furthermore, the letter references the modern postal code for Bern (3012) but Switzerland didn\u2019t adopt their four-digit postal code system until the 1960s.<\/p>\n

After his faux pas was called out, Tharoor acknowledged his faux pas.<\/p>\n

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I tweeted it in good faith, but admire the meticulous research by https:\/\/t.co\/liyjOLApaD<\/a>! As you say, it might still help people by recalling Einstein’s early rejection for a doctorate, even if this letter itself is fake. https:\/\/t.co\/pzgqYoFIYn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In an age of information overload, it is often difficult to sift fiction from fact, but a simple Google search by Tharoor would have saved him the embarrassment of tweeting a forged letter.<\/p>\n

[This article was updated on September 18, 2020.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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