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What's the point on focusing on children with high test scores? If that's what makes genius, the geniuses could -- and should -- be replaced by computers.

What makes a real genius is absolute honesty, willingness to re-evaluate their core assumptions over and over again, not get deluded by ruling dogma etc. Being able to multiply five digit numbers doesn't help with that.




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