While I can reliably know that I am not a genius, I can never fully be sure that I am not an idiot.
Wittgenstein is a good counterexample. Genius is characterized by identifying the most important problem, and the best way to make progress on it. Busywork signals absence of genius. The Nobel is usually not given for a lifetime achievement of data entry.
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I think sincerity was a very salient characteristic of Wittgenstein. Also he worked his ass off! Over a long period of time. As did Russell et al.
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Wittgenstein wrote his most significant contribution very early in his career (which was mostly outside of philosophy). I think that Russell was a very gifted writer, and he even had a couple original insights, but he did not connect the dots in ways that others did not.
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Is a lifetime of data entry compatible with sincere desire for understanding?
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