[quote]E-man wrote:
Interesting thread topic. I was actually thinking the other day why does it seem there were so many smarter men a hundred or so years ago and not today. I think today as a society people are smarter but where are all the geniuses like Einstein, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin and the countless others. No doubt there are some extraordinarilly brilliant people alive today but still doesn’t seem as many as past centuries in terms of useful accomplishments.
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It’s probably getting harder every day for one person to stand out like Einstein, Da Vinci or Newton.
Today, most discoveries and insights are produced by good teamwork.
[quote]k.elkouhen wrote:
E-man wrote:
Interesting thread topic. I was actually thinking the other day why does it seem there were so many smarter men a hundred or so years ago and not today. I think today as a society people are smarter but where are all the geniuses like Einstein, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin and the countless others. No doubt there are some extraordinarilly brilliant people alive today but still doesn’t seem as many as past centuries in terms of useful accomplishments.
It’s probably getting harder every day for one person to stand out like Einstein, Da Vinci or Newton.
Today, most discoveries and insights are produced by good teamwork.
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Very true, as technology and the world in general gets more complicated there are more specialists required. I think there’s still a lot of room for personal accomplishment though, even if it is harder to achieve now.