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I read that too, and I got the impression being forced to work alone at the patent office was crucial for his 1905 Annus mirabilis papers. Lots of other great i
by purple_ferret 5y ago
I read that too, and I got the impression being forced to work alone at the patent office was crucial for his 1905 Annus mirabilis papers. Lots of other great ideas (e.g. Mendel, Darwin) have come about from intellectual isolation.
I wonder how Graham would respond to that given he's so intertwined in Silicon Valley.
- criddell 5y agoLots of great ideas have come out of university settings as well. I don't know if you can say anything in general about intellectual isolation.
- redshirtrob 5y agoAnd Bill James did a lot of his Sabermetric writing while working night shifts as a security guard.[0] He's not Einstein, but he was way ahead of his time in a particular area and it's fair to say he's been hugely influential in the baseball community for nearly 40 years. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_James https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_James