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The Stroke of Genius Strikes Later in Modern Life

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Re: The Stroke of Genius Strikes Later in Modern Life

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Post by korny » Tue, Nov 08, 2011, 10:54 PM UTC

Note the abstract for the actual paper is at http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/11/03/1102895108.abst... And some graphs from the paper are at http://www.blognome.be/2011/11/08/age-dynamics-in-scientific...

Re: The Stroke of Genius Strikes Later in Modern Life

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Post by jamesrcole » Wed, Nov 09, 2011, 12:17 PM UTC

Quibble: their title reflects the widespread belief that breakthroughs are sudden eureka moments. I think that belief is damaging.

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