How do the thinking geniuses differ from ordinary people? (Part 2)

How did Einstein think of finding the special theory of relativity and the famous equation of energy of celestial bodies in space E = mc2? What helped Nikola Tesla's physics genius find the principle of alternating current - the current standardized current in the world?

Please read to the second part of a series of thinking strategies that have created geniuses that contribute to the world in all areas from science to art. Series aggregated from the Creativity Post and many other sources.

Part 2: Geniuses are people with enormous productivity, creating new combinations and discovering relationships that ordinary people don't recognize

Einstein is best known for his research on relativity but he also published 248 other studies.

Creating endless

A distinctive feature of genius is huge productivity.

According to Wikipedia, Thomas Edison has 1,093 inventions registered in the US and set the record as the world's most patented creator in the 20th century. Edison ensures productivity by setting himself and his assistants. the " quota" idea. His personal quota is a small invention every 10 days and a big invention every six months.

Music geniuses like Bach wrote a cantata every week, even when he was sick or exhausted; Mozart composed more than 600 musical works. Einstein is best known for his research on relativity but he also published 248 other studies.

Countless drafts of " The Waste Land" by Dr. Elliot consist of many good and bad verses that eventually turned into a poetic masterpiece of the 20th century. In a study of 2,036 scientists in history , Dean Keith Simonton, an outstanding psychology professor at the University of California, discovered that the most respected people not only created great works but also created more "bad" works. Quality comes from the huge volume of their works.

Bach wrote a cantata every week, even when he was sick or exhausted;Mozart composed more than 600 musical works.

Create new combinations

In the scientific genius (Scientific Genius) released in 1989, Dean Keith Simonton said that genius is genius because they create more new combinations than pure talents . His theory has a reason behind it: from cogito - "I think" (in the famous philosophy of Rey Descartes "cogito, ergo sum" - "I think, therefore I exist" ) originally there meaning "shake together" , and intelligo , from the root of intelligence - intelligence means "to choose between (many things)" . This is a clear early confirmation of two useful things: the usefulness of allowing ideas and thoughts to come together randomly and the usefulness of choosing a few ideas to retain from many ideas.

Like a drunken kid playing with many Lego sets, a genius constantly combines and recombines ideas, images and thoughts into different combinations in their subconscious and consciousness.

For example, considering Einstein's equation, E = mc2, we see Einstein does not invent the concepts of energy, mass, and speed of light. By combining those concepts in a new way, he can see the same world as others but he also realizes something different (in that world).

Genetic law, the foundation of modern genetic science, is the result of Gregor Mendel, who combines mathematics and biology to create a new science.

(Photo: NASA)

Establishing relationships (association)

According to author Michael Michalko - a world-renowned expert on creative thinking, a particularly striking way of creative genius is the ability to arrange different topics . It is the gift of connecting things that are irrelevant, the ability that allows them to see things that others don't see.

The connection between the sound of church bells and a rock shot into the water helped the artist Leonardo da Vinci think of the sound being transmitted in wave form in 1500.

(Photo: Think jar collective)

In 1865, the German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé, one of the births of modern organic chemistry, perceived the shape of a ring-like benzene by referring to the dream of a tail-biting snake. its.

Benzene is an important compound used in industry. In addition to his form, Kekulé is the one who discovered the composition and composition of this substance.

When trying to figure out how to create a telegraph that was big enough to be transmitted from coast to coast, the inventor of the telegraph machine Samuel Morse was stuck at the traditional solution of using a generator. Larger generators cannot transmit electricity too far. Seeing the tired horses being exchanged at a horse station, Samuel associates between replacing horses at horse stations on the way and telegram signals. Since then, he has come up with a solution to periodically increase the capacity of the transmission signal.

Nikola Tesla's physics genius and engineer associate the setting sun and an engine to formulate the principle of producing alternating current (AC): the current generated by the rotating magnetic field inside the engine, like as the sun turns around itself.

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