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                                             February 11, 2009


   The mystery: the limited
   intellect that achieves a                             THE_CASE_OF_HOLMES
   moment of greatness.

   Maybe it isn't such a mystery, really.
   I think the solution lies in the fact
   that progress is evolutionary.


      Many minds attack a problem,
      many try many different things.              WIDE_FIELD

      The case we see is the success.
      The losers quickly become lost in the mist.


           What kind of mind is capable of
           achieving a "success"?  What
           kind is receptive to the muses?

           "Intelligence" is not
           necessarily the key.

           Being smart doesn't always
           hurt, but sometimes it does --
           the too-smart doubts the
           voices of the muse, can't
           distinguish between the
           promise that's worth following        When you have too
           from the trivial variation            many ideas already,
           that just punches the same old        why get excited about
           buttons.                              yet another one?






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