These two bits hit the nail right on the head: > You can redefine "smartest" to mean "those who turn out to have been most ahead of their time", but that's cir

These two bits hit the nail right on the head: > You can redefine "smartest" to mean "those who turn out to have been most ahead of their time", but that's circular and doesn't help identify the quality. > One must also insist on the fact that very often nothing does come of this quality. To imagine otherwise is to allow no room for randomness.