In science the successors stand upon the shoulders of their predecessors; where one man of supreme genius has invented a method, a thousand lesser men can apply it. ... In art nothing worth doing can be done without genius; in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement. — Bertrand Russell
伯纳德·罗素的这句话大意是科学界中的成功者都是站在巨人的肩膀上的，一个超级天才发明一种方法，一千个能力较次者应用它。在艺术界，没有天赋是不行的，但科学界即使能力中庸者也能取得杰出的科学成就。
看看周边，科学界充斥着很多能力或智力平平者，但人家照样混得风生水起，关键是幸运和努力。有幸跟对了导师，进入一个“朝阳”领域，再加上个人的努力，就不愁不能成功了。
费曼说他成功也不是因为他聪明。成功的关键是有正确的科研态度，对自然界实在的关注，提出正确的问题，愿意尝试（和抛弃）非常轨的答案，对假大空有鉴别：[Richard P.] Feynman's cryptic remark, “no one is that much smarter ...,” to me, implies something Feynman kept emphasizing: that the key to his achievements was not anything “magical” but the right attitude, the focus on nature's reality, the focus on asking the right questions, the willingness to try (and to discard) unconventional answers, the sensitive ear for phoniness, self-deception, bombast, and conventional but unproven assumptions. — Philip W. Anderson
费曼取得的四项伟大的科学成就：
Richard Feynman's Four Greatest Achievements In Physics - Forbes
www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/11/29/richard-feynmans-four-greatest-achievements-in-physics/
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