Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein. New website created to promote 'better thinking'

[babylonsister]

New Website Focuses on World's Need for Better Thinking

BestThinking.com launches on Einstein's birthday to bring together the world's best thinkers


CARY, N.C., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BestThinking.com completes two years of development with a public launch on Albert Einstein's birthday. Einstein's passion for new thinking and collaboration is rekindled in BestThinking's plan to bring together acclaimed experts and accomplished laypersons to address the challenges we face as individuals, communities and as a planet.

"The impact of knowledge is directly proportional to the ability for knowledge to be shared and improved," said Bob Butler, founder and CEO. "We believe that existing approaches, from academic journals to Internet publishing websites, fail to deliver the full impact of a thinker's ideas."

BestThinking is an open access website focused on transparency and collaboration where identity-verified thinkers create, search and share reliable content and expertise. As its name suggests, BestThinking is for the wide variety of topics that have no certain conclusions, only the current best thinking of the best minds available. BestThinking joins Wikipedia and Google Knol as a place for people with a passion and expertise for knowledge-based content.

BestThinking believes it can overcome the challenges of other open access websites through its dedication to transparency, and by applying the latest thinking on content rating systems and enhanced peer moderation. Transparency at BestThinking means all contributors must have their identities verified and all editing, moderation, discussion and rating are done openly and on the record. "BestThinking is a place where people with expertise are willing to say who they are and stand up for the work they produce," said Butler.

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[proud2BlibKansan]

1. My hero

I have a lifesize cutout of him on the wall in my classroom. :)

He was rejected by his local public school. They thought he was too retarded to learn. His story gives me such hope for the kids I teach. :)

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Click here:

http://www.bestthinking.com/

--d!

[babylonsister]

4. Thanks for the link. I will be checking it out, though

it might be too deep for me. :blush:

[octocat lady]

3. Personally, I think we think too much...Einstein's appeal for me

was his acknowledgment of something beyond the flesh. Yet he still was a brilliant mind, at the same time.

[TahitiNut]

6. "I think we think too much" ??? Other than the inherently recursive nature of that statement ...

... I'm perplexed that anyone would regard the QUANTITY of thinking as somehow variable or manageable. In 65 years, I've never figured out how to NOT think. So, I just focus on the QUALITY ... and work toward thinking better.

It seems clear that some don't. :shrug:

[Hawkeye-X]

5. I bought 3 posters of Albert for my son's room

So he'll be inspired by the brilliance of the room :)

[babylonsister]

7. Did you have your baby?

If so, congrats! :toast:

[Hawkeye-X]

8. Yep, Joseph Benjamin - born 2/20

Already have pictures in my Facebook..