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Can curiosity make you a genius?

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Nope, not really. A dog is curious, nowhere near genius. Same principle. Geniuses are often curious and there is a strong correlation no doubt, but this gets you as far as the asking questions part. read more

No. It can help with your knowledge, but even knowing more than a Harvard Professor will not make you a genius, unless you mean the colloquial definition. Then, you wouldn’t even need curiosity to be a genius. Mozart was a genius at music, but he was not clever at much else, and he was not curious about music. read more

Once you've gotten curious and put yourself into an objective, fair witness mindset, it's critical to step back mentally from a situation so that you can see the whole: that's when patterns emerge. Years ago, I was at MOMA in New York. read more

As it turns out, the science behind what could make you a musical genius is more than just practice. Sure, it's true Mozart did put in plenty of work over a full decade to produce his life's masterpieces, but his already above-average intelligence—thought to lie between 125 and 155—probably also contributed to his musical talents. read more

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