Jun
27
2008
Can ordinary people recognize genius?
Washington post had an interesting article:
IF A GREAT MUSICIAN PLAYS GREAT MUSIC BUT NO ONE HEARS . . . WAS HE REALLY ANY GOOD?
If a world famous violinist played a strad at the L’enfant metro station would people stop to listen? Apparently most didn’t. Over a thousand people walked by… either in a rush or just ignored… it was quite an experiment.
Apparently Joshua Bell is world famous. Well, I take the metro every day. Whenever a musician or band plays at the metro, I usually walk by, so I can’t say I’ll be any better in recognizing talent. But I thought this article pretty insightful. Goes to show how much we really care about quality… I guess not much. :)
