I like this little article in the psychology realm about geniuses and madmen:
http://nautil.us/issue/18/genius/if-you-think-youre-a-genius-youre-crazy
This story was pointed out to me over on Big Think:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/well-roundedness-keep-geniuses-from-becoming-madmen
Here is a snippet from that piece:
What geniuses and madmen have in common is called cognitive disinhibition: an acute awareness of their surroundings combined with the will to examine what they observe in fine detail. Alexander Fleming, who won the Nobel Prize for discovering penicillin, happened on the beneficial mold from which the medicine is derived entirely by accident.
Happy Reading,
J.W. Gant
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