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If multiple Nobel Laureates say things like "I have sometimes wondered whether a brain like von Neumann's does not indicate a species superior to that of man"
by extragood 8y ago
If multiple Nobel Laureates say things like
"I have sometimes wondered whether a brain like von Neumann's does not indicate a species superior to that of man"
that's a pretty good indicator that the man was beyond brilliant and I think it's fair to say that they have the better authority than any of us here to make that classification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Cognitive_abilities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Cognitive_abi...
- JamesBarney 8y agoOr George Pólya's quote "Johnny was the only student I was ever afraid of. If in the course of a lecture I stated an unsolved problem, the chances were he'd come to me at the end of the lecture with the complete solution scribbled on a slip of paper."