NihilCredo comments on Preface to a Proposal for a New Mode of Inquiry - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NihilCredo 17 May 2010 04:50:25PM 0 points [-]

One can make a case that genius is precisely the degree to which one does not think like a human mind (at least in a more useful and/or beautiful way).

Comment author: cupholder 17 May 2010 05:32:07PM 2 points [-]

Depends how broadly you're drawing the line around the 'human mind' concept. I'd say that since Shakespeare, Mill and Newton's minds were all human minds, that's a prima facie case for saying they think like humans.