While I can reliably know that I am not a genius, I can never fully be sure that I am not an idiot.
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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I love/admire early Wittgnstn but don't you agree he tried MANY things and *failed* at many until he settled down to hard work of rework? You keep pointing to extremely hard work saying that maybe exists genius without it? Isn't that a cop out for those w/out discipline?
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No. It is generally not possible to deliver an exceptional result without prolonged deep immersion and focus. But it also requires luck, and often serendipity and an extraordinary combination of circumstances outside of your control. And note the age at which breakthroughs happen
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