There are smart kids in grad school all over. Half of them flame out 'cause they never figure out how to concentrate, half of the remainder figure out how to wo

There are smart kids in grad school all over. Half of them flame out 'cause they never figure out how to concentrate, half of the remainder figure out how to work but then get jobs in industry rather than academia, and then of the remaining 25%, some of them become amazing professors who then ask questions of the next genius-prodigy. Tao is certainly unique, but there's a lot of genius floating around and it can come in very different configurations.