Yes, this is not the original quote. I can’t stand the original quote. People have been trotting it out lately whenever they talk about genius, and I saw this image again today, and just had to mess with it.
I think the lesson from the original quote may have been that if you judge people by your own capabilities, of which they are not capable, then you’re likely to make them feel inferior. Well, Eleanor Roosevelt must have been smarter than Einstein, because no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Instead, if you judge people by your own capabilities, of which they are not capable, they may think you’re an idiot.
In reality, I find the whole idea of tree-climbing fish frightful.
