I think almost more offensively, is the concession that he did Nobel-level work but was ‘No Einstein.’ We are talking about the smallest fraction of individuals

I think almost more offensively, is the concession that he did Nobel-level work but was ‘No Einstein.’ We are talking about the smallest fraction of individuals who are capable of insight in physics at that level, and I can’t help but think that it’s only chance that separates them.