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Do you have any references to back up your claim? Stanislaw Ulam, who was the coauthor of the successful atomic bomb design, describes in his memoirs how in his
by stiff 13y ago
Do you have any references to back up your claim? Stanislaw Ulam, who was the coauthor of the successful atomic bomb design, describes in his memoirs how in his students day he would think on a mathematical problem even for more than 10 hours straight, up to the point of almost suffering a mental breakdown on one occasion. I used to share this belief of yours, but reading memoirs and biographies of really successful people actually convinced me otherwise, they were working really hard.
In fact, you often have the illusion that someone is a genius, because he works so much harder than you and has done so for a long enough period.
- wslh 13y agoDo you have any references to back up your claim? First my personal ones knowing people at different genius levels. Second, I can find references supporting both sides without a meta-analysis so that will not work on either side. As a final comment something can be valid sometimes, do you think that there is not a few cases where people don't need to make a great effort? The Stanislaw's comment doesn't invalidate what I said. Other people spending this same hours will not achieve the same as him. Also, I spent many years thinking in algorithms and developing software daily for more than 10 hours straight without having big achievements in the genius sense.
- laumars 13y ago> The Stanislaw's comment doesn't invalidate what I said. Other people spending this same hours will not achieve the same as him. Also, I spent many years thinking in algorithms and developing software daily for more than 10 hours straight without having big achievements in the genius sense. Maybe you're working on the wrong projects? Or maybe you're just complaining about fame (eg person x's achievements rewarded them with more fame than person y's achievements). In any case, you're digressing from your original point which I took objection too.
- wslh 13y ago> Maybe you're working on the wrong projects? Probably. > maybe you're just complaining about fame (eg person x's achievements rewarded them with more fame than person y's achievements). No > In any case, you're digressing from your original point which I took objection too. I replied to another comment in this thread that opened a new thread. I am not a robot.
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