I'd venture that the "guys ... operating at a completely different level" likely gained their intuitive understanding of math and physics from earlier educational training (formal or informal).
But this is really besides the point, because Seth says:
> The number of tasks in our culture that require someone who was born with off-the-charts talent is small indeed.
I think we can carve off advanced theoretical physics and pure mathematics as a tiny field where the 1/50,000 'genius' people are needed, and that leaves basically all the rest of society.
But this is really besides the point, because Seth says:
> The number of tasks in our culture that require someone who was born with off-the-charts talent is small indeed.
I think we can carve off advanced theoretical physics and pure mathematics as a tiny field where the 1/50,000 'genius' people are needed, and that leaves basically all the rest of society.