Which type of genius are you?

The first is what he calls conceptual innovation. These are the people who have a picture in their minds of what they want to create and in a series of bold, sharp moves they create it. Picasso is an example of this type--someone who created an entirely new style of art (Cubism) and who "jolted art in a new direction."

The second group are the experimental innovators. These people progress in fits and starts, trying new things, discarding them, moving in a slower progression with insights from one small experiment getting incorporated into the next in an evolutionary process that ultimately can end up someplace entirely different from where they began. Galenson places Cezanne in this second group--working endlessly to perfect his technique, he moved slowly toward a goal that he never fully understood. As a result, some of his best work didn't come until the end of his life.

On another tangent:

In order to make my point I will need a spend a few minutes discussing the discovery of Neptune. Ok, I know… ho hum…

But, I hope this will all make sense in a few moments. Well, when scientists began to obtain accurate data regarding Uranus’ orbit around the sun they realized that the planet did not follow Newtonian Physics predictions of the orbit. In other words, at the time, Uranus was not acting right. This is when a mathematician named Le Verrier stepped in, I even took the time to look up the spelling☺ He predicted that there was another larger planet that existed that had not been observed up to this point. He worked through the math and then told an astronomer where to look and when. This is how they discovered Neptune. They made observations on Neptune, factored them in for Uranus, and found that it did act according to Newtonian Physics. When you think about it this is amazing!! Physics found a planet.

Scientists also knew that Mercury did not behave correctly. So, as logic would lead, they believed that there was another planet that they did not know about. Le Verrier spent the rest of his life working out the math that would lead to the properties of this undiscovered planet. Although none of his math worked out exactly, there were some potentially close answers. This potential planet was named Vulcan (I am not sure if this is where Star Trek got the name for Spock’s home planet). Astronomers began to look for this planet. They even claimed to have seen it twice. Astrologers, not to be confused with the scientists, claimed that this unknown planet was affecting their predictions. It was not until Einsteinian Physics was applied to Mercury that the planet Vulcan was finally put to rest in the scientific community. Although, it has become quite a story for conspiracy theorists.

I think there are so many lessons to be learned... take your own with you instead of mine.