Could you have come up with Einstein's theory of relativity? If not, why not? This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius but wants to know if geniuses are just an extreme version of himself or whether their brains are fundamentally different. In the program, Marcus meets some remarkable individuals, including Derek, who's blind, autistic, and a pianist with apparently prodigious gifts. He also talks to a scientist who's identified a gene for learning.
is not the same one .. they don't begin the same and a woman is narrating in the youtube, in the one on here a man .. now .. i've only watched about a minute of the YT so far, and if it's thesis is geniuses can be created by a very stimulating early learning environment then i'm not sure if the two will arrive at a similar conclusion .. the one i'm watching is going down more of a genetic path, at the beginning anyway .. it's on the "learning gene" at the moment .. oh, it's on a chess grand master now, as the YT was early .. i don't know if the two programs come to similar conclusions .. yet .. guessing maybe they will both come down on the side of something like 'there continues to be much debate on the question' .. lol ..
"Is our fate determined at birth, or are we born a blank slate able to rise to any challenge?"
is a quote from the tv narrative just before a commercial break, just now ..
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