It came as a surprise because up to that point, someone had the answer. Even if you had great teachers and even if you're a problem solver...at the end of the d

It came as a surprise because up to that point, someone had the answer. Even if you had great teachers and even if you're a problem solver...at the end of the day, someone had done what you were doing. I think that's why most people I know that are on "the cutting edge" are very humble: either they got "it" right and know 40 people just as smart that went in one of 40 equally promising directions and got it wrong. Or they're one of the 41 people still trying to figure out just where the heck they can go from this apparent dead-end. Then along comes 42...