To mention something he left out: first mover advantage. Consider the great number of geniuses in tiny, mostly-illiterate Ancient Greece, for instance. Consid

To mention something he left out: first mover advantage. Consider the great number of geniuses in tiny, mostly-illiterate Ancient Greece, for instance. Consider the simplicity of Beethoven's fifth symphony's motif, or Dijkstra's algorithm. You have to be there first. (It's not that simple, natch...) This rankles though: ...no absolute pitch – all things very necessary to a professional performer I wonder why someone with so much musical education would think that.