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Originally Posted by The Bear
How do you know?
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When a man displays the genius of an Einstein the world does tend to get to hear about it pretty soon.
Nor do geniuses necessarily have an easy time of it. Einstein was rubbished by much of the establishment and then persecuted by the Nazis. Galileo had a pretty rough ride as well.
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Genius is about performance in a particular and nearly always a very narrow domain.
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Not necessarily. Leonardo was a polymath par excellence, Hume was a successful historian and Rousseau was a celebrated music critic and (for a while) a successful composer. There are many more such examples.
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So just because the sub Saharan equivalent of Einstein, al-Haytham or Su Song have not been visible to the outside world does not equate to their non existence within their own environment.
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Sorry, but if they are not 'visible' it is not reasonable simply to assume they exist.
On that basis one can 'assume' anything one wants - but I guess that is your
modus operandi anyway.
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Why ever not? If the goods are of a satisfactory quality, and the delivery times and support available was acceptable, and the price was right, then that’s all that matters. What else could there be?
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If...
And if your aunt had balls she'd be your uncle.