The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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