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<blockquote data-quote="Goblyns Hoard" data-source="post: 1871126" data-attributes="member: 19970">The wonderful thing about being a genius to the level of Einstein is that they do wierd things with you after you die... like preserve your brain for posterity.&nbsp; And then after they figure out some other things about your brain... like which areas are being used to do the maths (don't ask my which I'm a geneticist not a brain surgeon) they then test your brain to see what it's like.Turns out that the part of the brain that does math... Einstein's was something like 30% larger than us normal folks.&nbsp; His brain was wired to do maths... go figure.I'm sure it's not all entirely nature for the rest of us (get a lousy teacher and you get turned off a subject quickly)... but for those that excel at something like this there's going to be a lot of DNA/intrauterine influence which pretty much means you're born that way.As for me... maths I could do it, but mainly because I could remember the steps and perform the processes easily enough.&nbsp; Forgotten them ALL now so at this point I suck at it, but if I needed to I'm sure I could do it again.&nbsp; Don't ask me to enjoy it, and definitely don't take the calculator away cause I can't do the arithmatic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Goblyns Hoard, post: 1871126, member: 19970"] The wonderful thing about being a genius to the level of Einstein is that they do wierd things with you after you die... like preserve your brain for posterity. And then after they figure out some other things about your brain... like which areas are being used to do the maths (don't ask my which I'm a geneticist not a brain surgeon) they then test your brain to see what it's like. Turns out that the part of the brain that does math... Einstein's was something like 30% larger than us normal folks. His brain was wired to do maths... go figure. I'm sure it's not all entirely nature for the rest of us (get a lousy teacher and you get turned off a subject quickly)... but for those that excel at something like this there's going to be a lot of DNA/intrauterine influence which pretty much means you're born that way. As for me... maths I could do it, but mainly because I could remember the steps and perform the processes easily enough. Forgotten them ALL now so at this point I suck at it, but if I needed to I'm sure I could do it again. Don't ask me to enjoy it, and definitely don't take the calculator away cause I can't do the arithmatic. [/QUOTE]

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