Lunch with Dr Bashir and Einstein

Lunch at the replimat today included Dr Bashir quoting from an Albert Einstein (there's an alien sounding surname if I have ever heard one). Supposedly he was the most important scientist of Earth's 20th century. But he had some very Cardassian sounding ideas which piqued my interest.

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." - which makes you wonder how many sources Einstein had in 'creating' his theories.

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. " - I agree plain and simple is the best essence of a very complicated universe.

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.". - Now that's difficult for a Cardassian with a cast-away life on this very cold station. Move where? I must be content with my lot of watching life passing me by on the promenade. Gul Dukat has seen to that. Though there is plenty of life to observe on Deep Space Nine; much of it fascinating. Some poor souls even chance to cross the doorway into my Tailor shop where I can observe even closer. No interrogations unfortunately - our constable Odo would certainly disagree to this type of activity.

Lastly Dr Bashir mentioned these gems : "A person starts to live when he can live outside himself." and "Imagination is more important than knowledge. ". I completely agree on the latter- and I may add that the truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination. I regularly use mine; the truth can be so tedious at times.

I suspect that humans have much more in common with Cardassians than they realise, including Dr Bashir and the good scientist Einstein. I look forward to our next meeting with my new friend.