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Great genius is not born of lightning bolt-like moments of inspiration. In reality, perseverance plays the biggest role.
Descartes broke from the European philosophers who preceded him and devised a new way of considering humanity and the world.
Successful forgers are remembered as great conmen, not artists. This is strange, considering their forgeries fooled even the most seasoned critics.
A next-generation LHC++ could cost $100 billion. Here’s why such a machine could end up being a massive waste of money.
Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
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.
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.
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.
It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
Historical geniuses used the “creative nap” to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the “hypnagogic state” can help with problem solving.
Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.
The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.
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.
From Aristotle’s lazy cosmology to Immanuel Kant’s “scientific” racism, great minds are not immune to very bad ideas.
Size matters, but it’s not the only thing.