Forget the insight of a lone genius – innovation is an evolving process of trial and error
- Written by Edward Wasserman, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Iowa
Out of all these ideas, will one rise to the top?KlingSup/Shutterstock.comScientific discovery is popularly believed to result from the sheer genius of intellectual stars such as Darwin and Einstein. Their work is often thought to reflect their unique contributions with little or no regard to their own prior experience or to the efforts of their...