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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" s

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".