Your statement that they (Knox and Sollecito) were acquitted (of the murder/rape charges) on a "technicality" is ambiguous, because you have not defined what you mean by a "technicality". I suggest you consult a dictionary (for example, the Britannica) to find out the generally used meanings of the terms "technical" and "technicality". I further suggest you then consult a discussion of the term "legal technicality" in Wikipedia. The following quote is from the Wikipedia article (superscript citation numbers omitted; italic bolding added for emphasis).
In objective fact, Knox and Sollecito were acquitted on the merits; there was no reliable, credible evidence of their guilt. Thus, they could not lawfully be found guilty, because a guilty verdict in Italy by law must be supported by proof beyond a reasonable doubt (CPP Article 533). When there is no such proof, the accused must be acquitted according to Italian law (CPP Article 530).
Your reference to a quote by Albert Einstein was incomplete and thus somewhat a distortion. According to one source, he included curiosity as one of his traits. I suggest that the intelligent person, such as Einstein, couples imagination, knowledge of empirical reality, and curiosity. He would not have been able to formulate his revolutionary theories without a firm foundation in the known physical science of his time.
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TECHNICALITY meaning: 1 : a small detail in a rule, law, etc., and especially one that forces an unwanted or unexpected result; 2 : something that is understood by experts but usually not by other people usually plural often + of
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
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