When society is so imbalanced in terms of intellectual opportunity, and the fields so green for those few who have the chance, of course those few will have suc

When society is so imbalanced in terms of intellectual opportunity, and the fields so green for those few who have the chance, of course those few will have such a lasting impact. Furthermore, if we were to say, rate these people out of 10 on the potential-to-make-breakthroughs scale, I would expect that any time a 9 or 10 comes along, that contemporary 6, 7, and 8s who may not have made some initial leap will be at the ready to drive that progress forward. Clustering of geniuses seems natural, given we typically rate someone's genius by their contributions rather than their standalone grey wattage. It would be surprising if some Norwegian was building off greek philosophy principles back in the day. It's not at all surprising that Greek contemporaries and their students did the same, some of which are then labeled "genius".