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There are more people of that level of intelligence, they just don't stand out as much because there are so many and their work is more obscure. I suppose it's
by GavinB 18y ago
There are more people of that level of intelligence, they just don't stand out as much because there are so many and their work is more obscure.
I suppose it's a legitimate question whether anyone will ever achieve the same public mythology that Einstein has, but I wouldn't bet against it.
- Shamiq 18y agoAre you saying there was a proportional increase caused by population growth? What do you think about increases due to stability in the West, better quality food, better quality healthcare, and taller giants upon whose shoulders we can stand? (About the last one, I mean that as a collective whole, we have much more specific scientific knowledge than our predecessors)
- GavinB 18y agoYes, yes, yes, yes, and however many yesses are required to agree with all those things. We also shouldn't forget the opening of more intellectual jobs to women, minorities, poor people . . . well, it use to be that only the aristocracy had a shot at being scientists.