tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post4241228789160556656..comments2024-03-21T03:55:51.565-07:00Comments on Omniorthogonal: God is not mockedmtravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-27615892890738171542006-12-18T14:25:00.000-08:002006-12-18T14:25:00.000-08:00Yeah, and I'm thinking of probably the same guy yo...Yeah, and I'm thinking of probably the same guy you are: Richard Stallman. It was stupid to think that people would write software without getting paid for it...mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-39264034919321933152006-12-18T11:58:00.000-08:002006-12-18T11:58:00.000-08:00".. believing in the impossible requires either st...".. believing in the impossible requires either stupidity or genius."<br /><br />That's excellent. I suspect that successful entrepreneurship, scientific exploration, revolutionary leadership, and "vision"-- requires a rare mix of both stupidity *and* genius.<br /><br />Long ago I found a study that claimed that the personality trait most closely correlated with entreprenerial success was an inability to correctly and accuratly size or scope a new task.<br /><br />I see that as a very particular kind of stupidity, in other words: the ability to believe in the impossible. Or at least the ability to ignore how impossible it is ahead of time.<br /><br />The test studied only entrepreneurship, presumably because it was either interesting to them (IIRC it was a business school that did the study) or because it was relatively straightforward to quantify entrepreneurial success. But I believe this particular genius/stupidity trait is shared by successful inventors, artists, writers, or anyone else who endeavors to make the impossible possible.<br /><br />And I agree, the leaders in many fields-- including religion-- probably posess this trait too, and might be bright enough to beat this guy at the challenge, alas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com