[Music] what does genius mean to me I think
what does genius mean to me I think
what does genius mean to me I think there are many brilliant people in the
there are many brilliant people in the
there are many brilliant people in the world many people who are very very
world many people who are very very
world many people who are very very intelligent so I think it has to do with
intelligent so I think it has to do with
intelligent so I think it has to do with a line of dialogue that I think we have
a line of dialogue that I think we have
a line of dialogue that I think we have in the first episode which is a genius
in the first episode which is a genius
in the first episode which is a genius is not just answering questions but
is not just answering questions but
is not just answering questions but asking questions that nobody else
asking questions that nobody else
asking questions that nobody else thought as you don’t need to raise your
thought as you don’t need to raise your
thought as you don’t need to raise your hand to speak here there’s a particular
hand to speak here there’s a particular
hand to speak here there’s a particular thing that happens to you when you watch
thing that happens to you when you watch
thing that happens to you when you watch people do something that they’re really
people do something that they’re really
people do something that they’re really really good at it’s a sensation it’s
really good at it’s a sensation it’s
really good at it’s a sensation it’s like a it can be a six-year-old kid
like a it can be a six-year-old kid
like a it can be a six-year-old kid drawing something that it can be a
drawing something that it can be a
drawing something that it can be a painter like applying ball color but
painter like applying ball color but
painter like applying ball color but they’re just very very good
they’re just very very good
they’re just very very good you kind of know whenever you witness
you kind of know whenever you witness
you kind of know whenever you witness somebody being really excellent at
somebody being really excellent at
somebody being really excellent at something it’s a profound experience to
something it’s a profound experience to
something it’s a profound experience to be able to be around it you know and I
be able to be around it you know and I
be able to be around it you know and I think that to me really is watching
think that to me really is watching
think that to me really is watching somebody doing something special unless
somebody doing something special unless
somebody doing something special unless we can define time most people agree
we can define time most people agree
we can define time most people agree that whoever the geniuses are and you
that whoever the geniuses are and you
that whoever the geniuses are and you could save it’s the people that can
could save it’s the people that can
could save it’s the people that can combine ideas that are staring everyone
combine ideas that are staring everyone
combine ideas that are staring everyone else in the face but they somehow
else in the face but they somehow
else in the face but they somehow connect something that no one’s even
connect something that no one’s even
connect something that no one’s even thought about like Mozart’s metronome I
thought about like Mozart’s metronome I
thought about like Mozart’s metronome I found the quote that Schopenhauer lately
found the quote that Schopenhauer lately
found the quote that Schopenhauer lately has this great quote where he says
has this great quote where he says
has this great quote where he says talent hits a target that no one else
talent hits a target that no one else
talent hits a target that no one else can hit genius hits a target that no one
can hit genius hits a target that no one
can hit genius hits a target that no one else can see close your eyes and then if
else can see close your eyes and then if
else can see close your eyes and then if you apply that to someone like Einstein
you apply that to someone like Einstein
you apply that to someone like Einstein he would engage in what he called
he would engage in what he called
he would engage in what he called thought experiments he’d just let his
thought experiments he’d just let his
thought experiments he’d just let his mind wander and drift off and speculated
mind wander and drift off and speculated
mind wander and drift off and speculated on what you know he was always obsessed
on what you know he was always obsessed
on what you know he was always obsessed right from his youth what if I could
right from his youth what if I could
right from his youth what if I could travel as fast as the speed of light
travel as fast as the speed of light
travel as fast as the speed of light what would light look like next to me
what would light look like next to me
what would light look like next to me now I’m imagining all his traveling
now I’m imagining all his traveling
now I’m imagining all his traveling indeed the most elegant answer to the
indeed the most elegant answer to the
indeed the most elegant answer to the question of what is a genius was given
question of what is a genius was given
question of what is a genius was given to me by Ron Howard scientists we live
to me by Ron Howard scientists we live
to me by Ron Howard scientists we live in the light of knowledge they’re
in the light of knowledge they’re
in the light of knowledge they’re working in their refining their
working in their refining their
working in their refining their knowledge and they’re testing things all
knowledge and they’re testing things all
knowledge and they’re testing things all the time
the time
the time some scientists operate at the edge of
some scientists operate at the edge of
some scientists operate at the edge of the light where the dark is which nobody
the light where the dark is which nobody
the light where the dark is which nobody knows was in the dark
knows was in the dark
knows was in the dark but a tiny number of scientists jump
but a tiny number of scientists jump
but a tiny number of scientists jump right into the dark and create their own
right into the dark and create their own
right into the dark and create their own light around them it’s a combination of
light around them it’s a combination of
light around them it’s a combination of vision and absolute determination that
vision and absolute determination that
vision and absolute determination that you’re right that you’re totally
you’re right that you’re totally
you’re right that you’re totally convinced that this leap into the dark
convinced that this leap into the dark
convinced that this leap into the dark that you’ve made is right and Einstein
that you’ve made is right and Einstein
that you’ve made is right and Einstein definitely qualifies and that to me is
definitely qualifies and that to me is
definitely qualifies and that to me is genius I have another question
genius I have another question
genius I have another question [Music]
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