Amazing Mathematical Genius Mental Arithmetic

Could you have come up with Einstein's theory of relativity? If not - why not?

This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius, but wants to know if geniuses are just an extreme version of himself - or whether their brains are fundamentally different.

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[Englishsea24]

Actually, when you examine it, Einstein was just in the right place at the right time. He was resting on a lot of other giants shoulders, so his ideas were not "completely" original, and also Henri Poincare actually came up with the idea of relativity(among other things) before Einstein, Einstein just built on it.

[flowiepanda]

i have that calculator haha

[Phughy]

Amazingly impressive but useless :( a Genius in my opinion is someone like Da Vinci, Newton, Euclides.

[Lov3IsTheOnlyWay]

Oh how I wish I was this good at math!

[smokinspef]

this guys a genus because he understands what it takes to be a genus

[Englishsea24]

@paigerocks884 well no, considering how rare people like him are!

[paigerocks884]

@Englishsea24 i agree but do you think that that makes him less great of a scientist?

[azncardgamez]

Thats amazing!

[Englishsea24]

@genius476 I don't know, I practice at mental arithmetic and im still much slower than he is

[Englishsea24]

I believe that you have to completely rethink your own mind to achieve great things. This compiled with a great investment of effort and organisation

[GiaIsTheBest]

@SP33R0mint But the question is: "Which things are useless?" Do we as a sociaty descide what is useless?

Just as: Do we as a sociaty descide what is normal?

Everyone is different, you could say 2 things: Everyone is normal, or nobody is normal. Because of the fact that everyone is different.

So; Is everyone a Genius? Or is nobody a genius?

The answer depends on how you think about the question my friend.