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Anonymous Fri Sep 20 14:34:12 2019 No.10988726 [Reply] [Original]

Would a genius in field A, whatever field it may be, also excel at field B?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 14:35:48 2019 No.10988730 >>10988726 Genius yes, savant no.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 14:38:37 2019 No.10988735 field B is for plebs

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 14:41:46 2019 No.10988746 >>10988726 Name any geniuses born after 1850 who did it. There's your answer. >inb4 Von Neumann memorizing everything about the Byzantine empire Yeah, but it didn't make him a relevant historian.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 18:52:03 2019 No.10989336 File: 125 KB, 747x1120, Edward_Witten.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10988746

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:16:26 2019 No.10989413 File: 1.41 MB, 2563x3348, N.Tesla.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10988746 blocks your current

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:20:33 2019 No.10989421 >>10989413 tesla was an incompetent schizo had he an ugly face he would not be remembered

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:57:07 2019 No.10989520 File: 212 KB, 1050x640, Quotation-Nikola-Tesla-If-you-want-to-find-the-secrets-of-the-universe-43-76-81.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10989421 >doesn't recognize his contributions to metaphysics cmon nigga

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 20:11:03 2019 No.10989548 >>10989421 What are some examples of ugly bastards making big brain contributions

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 21 06:39:42 2019 No.10990498 >>10988726 P H E N O T Y P E

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 21 06:48:40 2019 No.10990507 oh wow you're right, a tool is only good at being a tool... hahaha look at how inferior it is, while every other tools are so superior.