A heuristic for me to identify somebody who is Richard Feynman smart. If they cannot give you two separate analogies and or metaphors for what they're explaining. They don't know f*** all. They are linear and one way thinkers. Information regurgitator.
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I agree completely. Smartness is a dime a dozen. People think you’re smart if you can quickly understand what other people have done. Discovering something new about the way the world works, or creating genuine literature or art, is a different story.
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Alas, it surely is. And although what great discoverers and creators know about how they do their work is not negligible, it *is* largely ineffable. Which is why apprenticeship is so valuable. For, happily, it is possible to learn more than can be taught. Takes time, though.
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