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Marriage doesn't only stop scientific genius. It also stops musical genius. A good example would be The Beatles. Consider them like a start-up. They had a pheno
by xirium 19y ago
Marriage doesn't only stop scientific genius. It also stops musical genius. A good example would be The Beatles. Consider them like a start-up. They had a phenomenally productive phase but it stopped after they got married. This could be because the number of decision makers grew and the number of relationships grew even more.
- hernan7 19y agoAccording to Wikipedia, John was married to Cynthia from 1962-68; then to Yoko. Ringo married in '65; George in '66.
- kcl 19y agoStunning counterexample.
- nkohari 19y agoIt depends. Yoko either influenced John's creativity or his relationship with her reflected his shifting values. Either way, it wasn't a lack of creativity that broke up the Beatles, it was a rift between what they wanted to express in terms of art.
- mynameishere 19y agoI know this is an old thread, but Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Wagner, Rachmaninov, and Richard Strauss (off the top of my head) were all married.
- dmm 19y agoBach also fathered 20 children.