Thank you for pointing this out. I'm not sure why people just assume that what this author says is true. The author never shows that "geniuses" even think the w

Thank you for pointing this out. I'm not sure why people just assume that what this author says is true. The author never shows that "geniuses" even think the way the author claims they do. Did Richard Feynman use this approach? Do a majority of people who have influenced their fields in large and meaningful ways also do this? Who knows, the author provides no evidence. I think a much better exposition on problem solving strategies is George Pólya's How to Solve It [0] and without the pseudoscientific analysis on genius. The author states: >Recognizing the common thinking strategies of creative geniuses and applying them will make you more creative in your work and personal life. Again, there is no evidence that this is a common thinking strategy and there is no evidence that if you were to mimic it, you too would benefit from it. I hope the author and people who too easily agree with the author are aware of confirmation bias [1]. [0] http://www.math.utah.edu/~pa/math/polya.html http://www.math.utah.edu/~pa/math/polya.html [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias