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Re:14 Year old Thiel Fellow creates his own nuclear fusion p... by bpicolo on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @10:14AM (#6768426)
If you watched the video, it's pretty clear that the kid is actually a genius. He's done a heck of a lot since what he did at 14.
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Re:14 Year old Thiel Fellow creates his own nuclear fusion p... by rthomas6 on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @11:07AM (#6768814)
Minor nitpick, but I don't like this characterization of genius. He has not accomplished a lot through just being a genius; he accomplished a lot through discipline and extreme effort. Genius probably made it all easier, but I feel that ascribing one's accomplishments to one's intelligence ignores the hours upon hours of hard work that goes into them.
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