In May, Mr. Gladwell wrote that scientific discoveries are not necessarily the product of singular genius. He ticked off example after example of discoveries and ideas that occurred at the same time, independently. “Newton and Leibniz both discovered calculus,” he wrote. “Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace both discovered evolution.”
In other words, great ideas are often, as the title of the article put it, “in the air,” and true genius often lies with the people — whether mathematicians or musicians — who are able to snatch them down at the right time.
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"ideas that occurred at the same time"
so they are not genious because of the idea they thought because both thought at the same time
and then he sais
"snatch them down at the right time."
a genious is someone who makes an idea a reality at the right time.
thats a contradiction! what a waste of time to write such a bad article
In other words, great ideas are often, as the title of the article put it, “in the air,” and true genius often lies with the people — whether mathematicians or musicians — who are able to snatch them down at the right time. -----------------------------------------------------------
"ideas that occurred at the same time" so they are not genious because of the idea they thought because both thought at the same time
and then he sais
"snatch them down at the right time." a genious is someone who makes an idea a reality at the right time.
thats a contradiction! what a waste of time to write such a bad article