Yeah, absolutely. Remember, Lánczos was one of those amazing Hungarian "Martians" whose intelligence seemed to defy all logic and reasoning. I had a Hungarian

Yeah, absolutely. Remember, Lánczos was one of those amazing Hungarian "Martians" whose intelligence seemed to defy all logic and reasoning. I had a Hungarian physicist friend who unfortunately is now deceased who I used to rib over the brilliance of these Hungarian scientists. I'd ask him "what's in the water over there, what magic potion were they on?" and he'd just shrug his shoulders and say something like "I think it's the education system". I can't say I was fully satisfied with his answers (although as I've just learned from the video on his life, Lánczos himself adds support for Hungary's strong education system). When one lists the many remarkable achievements of these exceptionally gifted individuals it really does seem they're aliens from another world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists) :-)