Originally Posted By: Bill S.
If any of this has any relevance to enything; there are probably two question that should be asked:

Did Einstein really wish to become a watchmaker, or was this just an expression of temporary frustration?

Does it matter?

In my view it's just another piece of tittle-tattle surrounding a celebrity whose every utterance is inflated like the Big Bang. The question might be properly rephrased as "Why would you have wanted to be a watchmaker, if you had been Einstein?". I'm tempted to say, "Who cares what other people think?", but I guess a lot of people do smile

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once" - John Wheeler