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Jiang is skeptical of the Franklin method as a path to genius but treats the optimism itself as characteristically American.
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Genius
Jiang argues that scientific genius does not come from hard work, process, or method but from intuition, imagination, inspiration, and faith.
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Jiang argues that scientific genius does not come from hard work, process, or method but from intuition, imagination, inspiration, and faith.
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Jiang says revolutionary scientific genius is not polite reform but a conflict that requires defying the basic premises of bureaucratic science.
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Jiang argues that writing manifests thought and thought comes from personality, so works of genius are original and uniquely tied to the author.
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Jiang says Stalin was a genius because he turned a losing war into a winning war.
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"Okay? So not only is he going to tell you how to become rich, but he will teach you how to become rich. So..."
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"...even though historically we all know that writers are people of genius. They are sort of born great writers. Okay? You're not going to..."
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"...explain. Okay, so I know this is a hard idea, but genius does not come from hard work. It does not come from, say,..."
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"This is no different from Mohammed, who was meditating in a cave, and the angel Gabriel appeared before him. It's religious. Albert Einstein daydreams..."
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"decision between alternative ways of practicing science is called for and the circumstances that this decision must be based less on past achievement than..."
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"...they tried to resolve this issue okay so science scientific innovation genius it's not a tea party all right it's a revolution okay so..."
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"...your personality. Okay? So if you look at any work of genius, it's original and unique. Okay? Does that make sense? In other words,..."
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"...words, all this is telling us is that Stalin is a genius. He turned a losing war into a winning war. Okay? So the..."
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America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
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Science begins here as a theological discipline of doubt.
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Aristotle is not treated here as the solitary genius behind Western reason.
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