Gian-Carlo Rota and the concept of "genius"

From: José Carlos Santos (jcsantos_at_fc.up.pt)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:10:38 +0100

Hi all,

I remember having read years ago an interview to Gian-Carlo Rota
(together with some other scientest, if memory serves me well) in
which he said something like:

    A good scientist is always having ideas of which about one out of a
    hundred turns out to be correct. If instead of one out of a hundred
    it's one out of ten, then he's a genius.

Does anyone know the right quotation?

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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