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1. It doesn't say Einstein was bad at math, it says his math skills aren't the reason he is considered a genius. 2. The Google TechTalk it references explains

by espeed 16y ago

1. It doesn't say Einstein was bad at math, it says his math skills aren't the reason he is considered a genius. 2. The Google TechTalk it references explains "insights from weak associations" in more detail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJSXfXep4M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJSXfXep4M 3. If you don't have perspective, how do you know the thing you're focused on is of any importance? You can see practical examples of this everywhere: "One of my favourite tuppences for engineers struggling to find a bug is 'breadth first not depth first'. This can be annoying for someone working through complex technical details, because it implies that the solution is actually much simpler if they only looked...I coined this saying because in software matters I find that if we force ourselves to examine the top level considerations first, before tunneling down into the detail of a particular line of inquiry, we can save enormous time" (http://ria101.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/hbase-vs-cassandra-why-we-moved/ http://ria101.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/hbase-vs-cassandra-wh...).

Synthetase 16y ago
1."Einstein wasn't a genius because he was most skilled in math -- he wasn't" Pretty ambiguous imho. And it blatantly plays upon that misconception. "Just" sticking with a problem for a long is not an easy undertaking as the passage makes it out to be. 2."David Rock is a thought leader for the brain-based approach to coaching. David coined the term 'NeuroLeadership' and co-founded the NeuroLeadership Institute, Journal and Summit. He is also the founder and CEO of Results Coaching Systems," His resume speaks volumes. 3.I was working a matrix multiplication algorithm this weekend. I improved by 13x over the naive case. It ended up being one of the faster ones among my peers. How? I ground it the fuck out. I read 4 papers. I coded for hours on end and when I wasn't coding I was thinking hard about it. You cannot see the vista if you deign not to climb the mountain.
- espeed 16y ago
  But if you just started coding, before you read the papers, you wouldn't have had as much success. You had perspective before you started. Take it to the extreme -- what type of algorithm would a completely naive person have produced? Insight: - the power of acute observation and deduction, penetration, discernment, perception called intellection or noesis. -an understanding of cause and effect based on identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight) How would you have been able to come up with a new algorithm without understanding why it works? Perspective is understanding "why".

by espeed 16y ago

Synthetase 16y ago

1."Einstein wasn't a genius because he was most skilled in math -- he wasn't" Pretty ambiguous imho. And it blatantly plays upon that misconception. "Just" sticking with a problem for a long is not an easy undertaking as the passage makes it out to be. 2."David Rock is a thought leader for the brain-based approach to coaching. David coined the term 'NeuroLeadership' and co-founded the NeuroLeadership Institute, Journal and Summit. He is also the founder and CEO of Results Coaching Systems," His resume speaks volumes. 3.I was working a matrix multiplication algorithm this weekend. I improved by 13x over the naive case. It ended up being one of the faster ones among my peers. How? I ground it the fuck out. I read 4 papers. I coded for hours on end and when I wasn't coding I was thinking hard about it. You cannot see the vista if you deign not to climb the mountain.

espeed 16y ago
But if you just started coding, before you read the papers, you wouldn't have had as much success. You had perspective before you started. Take it to the extreme -- what type of algorithm would a completely naive person have produced? Insight: - the power of acute observation and deduction, penetration, discernment, perception called intellection or noesis. -an understanding of cause and effect based on identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight) How would you have been able to come up with a new algorithm without understanding why it works? Perspective is understanding "why".