Quote Originally Posted by Pink_Floyd
believe me, they do.
People like Leonardo Da Vinci, for example, are gods among men. The way their brain worked was just absolutly amazing. Everybody is good at something right? Well there are people who are good at everything, and then surpass everyone in every endeavour they put themselves into.
Not always. Some of the brightest people have turned out to have significant mental illnesses and some have even committed suicide. I remember my dad telling me about some famous mathematician who solved some complex economic algorithm completely on his own but eventually went crazy. I just looked it up...There is a movie about it I think, A Beautiful Mind, his name is John Forbes Nash.

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Also, read about Einstein and his failed marriage and social acquaintances.