The Stroke of Genius Strikes Later in Modern Life
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The Stroke of Genius Strikes Later in Modern Life
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#2As a 48-year-old (!), I can't tell you how hopeful this article made me feel.
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#3If the cause is indeed that it takes longer to get on top of increasing complex fields, then it doesn't bode well for the singularity - when scientists run out of lifespan (e.g. you have to be over 100 to get on top of the field), no more breakthroughs.
Of course, it would be really cool if the entire field was overturned with a new abstraction that simplifies the previous epicyclic complexity, and opening up a new surface for young scientists to pioneer. Will that happen? Or is the complexity we see irreducible? I prefer the former...
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#4Seems more like "Genius strikes later unless there is a revolutionary breakthrough in your field, in which case it strikes early." Makes sense, since a breakthrough typically opens the door for other relatively low-hanging breakthroughs.
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#5If the cause is indeed that it takes longer to get on top of increasing complex fields, then it doesn't bode well for the singularity - when scientists run out of lifespan (e.g. you have to be over 100 to get on top of the field), no more breakthroughs. Of course, it would be really cool if the entire field was overturned with a new abstraction that simplifies the previous epicyclic complexity, and opening up a new s…
It's another reason why we need to cure aging, just in case the reduced quality of life and huge medical expenses weren't enough.
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#6As a 48-year-old (!), I can't tell you how hopeful this article made me feel.
You know, I realize a lot of life falls into the "shopping cart" effect. If there's 5 lines at the grocery store, there's an 80% chance you'll see another line moving faster than yours (there's only a 20% chance you picked the fastest line).
I've recently turned 30 but realize there is no race to make it. Not for me anyway. Maybe I'm turning Zen about it but who really cares when you "succeed"? "The people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind."
By the way, Colonel Sanders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders) began franchising KFC at age...65
Re: The Stroke of Genius Strikes Later in Modern Life
#7As a 48-year-old (!), I can't tell you how hopeful this article made me feel.
You know, I realize a lot of life falls into the "shopping cart" effect. If there's 5 lines at the grocery store, there's an 80% chance you'll see another line moving faster than yours (there's only a 20% chance you picked the fastest line). I've recently turned 30 but realize there is no race to make it. Not for me anyway. Maybe I'm turning Zen about it but who really cares when you "succeed"? "The people that mind…
Adobe was founded by a 42 and 43 year old, if it makes you feel any better. And if anything, we seem to be aging more slowly than way back then (1982). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Geschke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warnock
Re: The Stroke of Genius Strikes Later in Modern Life
#8As a 48-year-old (!), I can't tell you how hopeful this article made me feel.
You know, I realize a lot of life falls into the "shopping cart" effect. If there's 5 lines at the grocery store, there's an 80% chance you'll see another line moving faster than yours (there's only a 20% chance you picked the fastest line). I've recently turned 30 but realize there is no race to make it. Not for me anyway. Maybe I'm turning Zen about it but who really cares when you "succeed"? "The people that mind…
Ray Kroc who is arguably more transformative bought McDonalds at age 59 and turned it into the empire it is now. His autobiography Grinding It Out is an inspiring read.
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#9As a 48-year-old (!), I can't tell you how hopeful this article made me feel.
I certainly don't claim to be a genius, but at 41 I'm writing the best code of my life.
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#10If you need to provide a breakthrough in a scientific field, you need to know first what has already been done. Even Einstein took some time to understand metric tensor for his general theory of relativity.
Point is we may not be able to solve the aging problem, however as we progress we our children will be smarter to grasp complex subjects in shorter time. How much short time? That will depend on the intellect of the child. When I was in 8th standard my father told me that if I can I should finish all the math books upto 12th standard in a year. It may not be a full proof knowledge but it will give me some vision about what the math world looks like. I tried and succeeded partially (No claims here just what happend in my life). It was wonderful to know the world of maths. So we need to expose our young minds to so called advance topics in the subject of their choice. We do not know who is a genius. Moreover, a genius will eventually find a way to solve a problem that he/she wants to solve. Why? My guess - because he/she is a genius(also we do not know how a human brain works now and how it will work in the future).