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>Sure, he did some interesting work a long time ago, before he got weird. He was weird then too. That's why he did such interesting work. His work, combined wi
by noonespecial 14y ago
>Sure, he did some interesting work a long time ago, before he got weird.
He was weird then too. That's why he did such interesting work. His work, combined with a lack of fame at that time, just kept the weird from showing through.
I suspect that genius is made up almost, but not quite, entirely of crazy.
- xianshou 14y agoRather, genius is the subset of crazy recognized by society as useful. The moment of recognition is the point at which it becomes venerated instead of derided.