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if you account for population density, and maybe surrounding of education, one would expect these geniuses to spread out exponentially though
by singularity2001 3y ago
if you account for population density, and maybe surrounding of education, one would expect these geniuses to spread out exponentially though
- qwytw 3y agoI guess the problem nowadays is that most things got so complex and specialized that the impact a single person can make is rather limited. So we're simply not seeing these geniuses because incremental 'discoveries' ordinary people can't understand don't really make for good headlines.
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- robertlagrant 3y agoStrange convergance: I always think of a Paul Graham essay on this[0]. He mentions Florence generating several geniuses, even though nearby Milan was the same size and same almost everything. [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html