About all the would-be geniuses who might otherwise make the next big scientific breakthrough but lived in poverty and never had the opportunity to develop their full potential?

I feel like it was by Sagan or Bertrand Russell or someone but my google-fu is no good and I can't find shit

Halp

    • wouldeye [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Before he wrote mismeasure of man he publicly opined that he wouldn’t bother reading the bell curve, which the book was written to refute. What a weird way to try to conduct an argument.

    • Capt_ACAB [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      That's not the one I was thinking of but very similar. The one I'm thinking of didn't reference Einstein

      Edit: and worth saving thanks!

  • Ketamine_device_tech [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    lived in poverty and never had the opportunity to develop their full potential

    (heartwarming neoliberal muzak starts playing as the film is edited to show a heroic narrative of rugged individualism)