&gt; somehow didn&#x27;t make a big mark in physics,<p>Practically no one makes a &#x27;big mark in physics&#x27; anymore, unless they are a bona-fide genius. Hsu is merely very smart and hard-working, otherwise he&#x27;d not have graduated from Caltech.<p>&gt; I just haven&#x27;t found this blog to be a reliable source for Hacker News submissions that lead to informed, fruitful discussion.<p>Anything defending genetic determinism is basically flamebait. Methinks those people should stop flaming and read something on identical twins reared separately, and how they are less different from each other than siblings brought up together.