Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
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Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.
Even the most brilliant mind in history couldn't have achieved all he did without significant help from the minds of others.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
Wolfgang Pauli was a brilliant, well-liked physicist and a scathing critic of balderdash.
We are still new at this.
"The Soul of a New Machine" provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity's greatest thinkers.
We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with "an unnatural ghastly glow"? One inventor thought you would.
Centuries ago, the plague forced people into quarantine for years. Isaac Newton and Galileo used the time to revolutionize the world.
Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.
Plato, Sun Tzu, and Buddha all lived in a "golden age" of philosophy that laid the foundation of modern thought.
Historical geniuses used the "creative nap" to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the "hypnagogic state" can help with problem solving.
It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.
The corporate unicorn was yesterday — now we should consider the wisdom of black and white stripes.
Modernism has lasted longer than any art movement since the Renaissance.
Size matters, but it's not the only thing.
From Aristotle's lazy cosmology to Immanuel Kant's "scientific" racism, great minds are not immune to very bad ideas.
He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
The shift from steam to electricity was inevitable — but some foresaw it earlier than others.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
The first "running machine" — later known as the bicycle — symbolizes a key design idea.
Many key inventions were unique: one-offs.
Perhaps wormholes will no longer be relegated to the realm of science fiction.
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.