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And the cool, we're gonna be cool, we're in a bit bit. They went quiet. Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart Podcast. Episode 287. Oh, Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart Podcast. My name is David McCraney and as I've mentioned on previous episodes, I am currently working on a new book about genius.

What does the word genius mean?

That is the question this book asks.

And more importantly importantly it asks, why is that such a difficult

question to answer? Scientifically, culturally, historic Ali, you know, all the big ends in Ali words. To my great surprise, my investigation into the source of things people create and discover that we tend to refer to as moments or

works of genius as well as the acts and achievements and demonstrations of talent that

have led to people getting labeled as genius as all that has led me right into complexity science,

the mathematical exploration of how difficult it is to predict system-wide outcomes of initial

variables, the mathematical complexity of how initial conditions interact over time to

create everything, including this very moment.

Whatever you're doing right now, whatever I'm doing right now, what led to that?

And how far back can we go and measure things to reasonably predict stuff like that.

And I've met a series of experts in this

doctor's and scientists and academics who have all helped me to understand all of the many strange ideas in this silo.

Because this silo both simultaneously contains all the other silos and is within all the other silos,

it's a very complexity science sort of thing. And yes, I thought it might be fun to offer you an opportunity to listen in on some of the interviews I've conducted with the experts on this topic.

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