Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Saying ·95 of 348
"God does not play dice with the universe."
They never said that.
What people say
"God does not play dice with the universe."
What was actually said
"I am, at any rate, convinced that He does not throw dice." Albert Einstein — Letter to Max Born, 4 December 1926
Why it stuck
Einstein's 1926 letter says "He does not throw dice." "With the universe" is a later gloss.
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