the sympathetic truth is that intellectual gifts are distributed unequally, no more virtuous to possess them than height or red hair, and in fact that possessors of these gifts owe a great duty to mankind - roon
That’s what I thought after reading biographies of einstein, da vinci, von neumann.
Everyone can try and figure out how these people became so great and how to create more like them. But time and time again, I think it boils down to “they’re just built different”.
Ah, but who am I kidding. Each time I read a biography of a great man, I am more impressed by their work ethic than their natural intellect. Maybe I’m just coping for being an idiot.