We will never know, but I think his lacking formal training helped him as it didn't confine him in a boundary and allowed him to choose his own path. Its often

We will never know, but I think his lacking formal training helped him as it didn't confine him in a boundary and allowed him to choose his own path. Its often said he rediscovered many things already known, there by casting a bit of uselessness to his works. Be that as it may, I think, more than having access to established and formalized knowledge, he should have just lived longer. He would have been like the mathematicians in renaissance Europe who tackled and pursued whatever interested them and produced great stuff. Eventually, he would have done something remarkable. Of course, he could have ended up being utterly mediocre once his "beginners luck" faded, but it is more likely that he would have succeeded.