Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius

"History abounds with stories of great minds that have gifted humanity with wonderful discoveries and inventions," Sir John Templeton wrote. “Each discovery or invention began as a ‘seed idea’ in an open and receptive mind.” As Sir John saw it, genius was perhaps the greatest engine of material and spiritual progress and could be understood as a kind of transcendent spark, a way for human beings “to be helpers in the acceleration of divine creativity.”