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Why do scientists and physicists seem to connect well with each other despite competitive environments, and what can other intelligent people learn from this?

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In A Beautiful Mind, the biography of mathematician John Nash Jr., Sylvia Nasar states: (p. 94) Valleius, the Roman philosopher, was the first to offer a theory for why geniuses often appeared, not as lonely giants, but in clusters in particular fields in particular cities. He was thinking of Plato and Aristotle, Pythagoras and Archimedes, …

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Why do gifted kids often have existential crises, and what helps them find their identity and purpose?

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In my research for a book on geniuses and their personalities, I am discovering a lot of similar themes that run through their lives. In a few paragraphs, I’ll try to share why they have existential crises and how they struggle to find purpose. Gifted children are usually introverted and have mental processing skills compatible …

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Are there any real-life examples where someone with average grades outperformed their peers professionally?

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Almost all of the people who have generated works that qualified them as a “genius” in mathematics, science or technology were observed to be gifted at an early age, came to school having learned much of what other children learn at a later age. Their grades, especially in those subjects were usually much higher than …

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How can average intelligence people benefit from the way highly intelligent individuals approach decision-making?

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Many decisions in life are fairly straight forward. You’re leaving for work and your neighbor’s car is stuck in snow. You put your car in park, help push the car out of the snowdrift and proceed to work. However, there are many times in life when decision-making has a vital impact on how your life …

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Why do people debate about the true origins of famous inventions, and what does this say about national pride?

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Olympic Stadium: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Summer Olympics 2016 We humans are extremely tribal. During his global expeditions, Charles Darwin observed behavior in which individuals sacrificed self-interest to tribal benefit. It occurred to him that the innate biological propensity to pursue self-interest might be partially curtailed by a biological inclination toward cooperation. In The Descent …

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How can I train my brain to be hyper-intelligent/logical like Einstein/Tesla?

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While Einstein and Tesla were each gifted with a very high intelligence potential from their genetic inheritance, they were able to maximize this gift through what I call their eureka! addiction. This is the shot of dopamine that hits the joy center of the brain when you solve a problem. Archimedes of Syracuse demonstrated this sensation …

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What is the most famous letter between Albert Einstein and another physicist?

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There are many interesting letters found in The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Among those between two physicists are the exchanges between Einstein and Bohr on quantum physics, in which the two titans battle over the interpretation of the Uncertainty Principle. However, to me, one of the most dramatic letters between Einstein and another physicist …

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Why was Gödel’s discovery a “dream-shattering revelation” for mathematicians like Hilbert and Russell?

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The ancient Greek philosophers, including Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, asked “How do we know truth?” From this question came the idea of setting out some postulates or axioms that everyone could agree were true and then use logic to deduce other truths. This was the basis of Euclidean geometry that was developed to determine all …

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Are there any real-life examples where a person’s IQ score didn’t match up with their actual achievements or abilities?

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There are many real-life examples where a person’s IQ scores and achievement levels did not match. In some cases, the achievements were significantly higher than the IQ would suggest. In other cases, a high IQ did not manifest in significant accomplishments. I will give an example of each type and then draw a simple conclusion …

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What are some famous examples of people whose curiosity led them to discover or invent something amazing?

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Sometimes curiosity is the reaction to an observation that stimulates a response such as, “Hmmm, that’s weird; I wonder why that happened.” This happened in the cases of Galileo and Alexander Fleming. In other cases curiosity motivates an intention to explore that yields discoveries or inventions, such as in the case of Thomas Edison. These …

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