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20a. Genius Explained [Darwin, Stephenson & Faraday] by Michael Howe

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How to Study Better - Isaac Watts and Faraday's Rate of Improvement

Like Stevenson and like Darwin it was impressive but it wasn't super human he was improving in his skills quickly. He didn't have any sudden leaps where he became amazing from nothing within a space of days or weeks. There were no obvious or sudden gaps in what he was learning is one of the things I want to mention. As with Stevenson the thing that is really more impressive than his level of improvement is his level of sustained work and effort. Faraday put an effort and work for so long so hard he was very serious about following the ideas of the improvement of the mind.

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