I think that swombat's intended point was that the areas of genius correlate very highly with each other's presence -- to the point that treating their respecti

I think that swombat's intended point was that the areas of genius correlate very highly with each other's presence -- to the point that treating their respective occurrences as independent events (possibly) damages our actual understanding of the situation. Which has been my experience also. You did refute his actual point, though.