The Conservation of Genius (Score 1)

It's always been difficult for us to measure "genius". Since we're in an age where we can't believe what we can't measure, we pretend that various intelligence-testing systems are completely accurate. Statistics and experimental results are also seen as infallible. Genius - extroardinary mental brilliance - occurs in all segments of a population. That includes genius social butterflies and genius friendless loners. Great ideas don't need to come from some hive-mind of geniuses, but the more people who contribute to a project, the more people who have a direct stake in getting it published or implemented. Their social resources help publicize whatever it is they've discovered or invented. The genius who goes home alone and draws flying-machines on napkins, or discusses the nature of reality with their cat, will probably never be recognized.