How many today have a mind like EINSTEINS?

Question

How many today have a mind like EINSTEINS?

Answer 1

You mean, aside from me?

Answer 2

There were and are, many who have mind's such as Einstein's.  It is not easy to make those kinds of comparison however without including all of the variables---the time of Einstein's life, what was going on in the world then; his encounters and relations with other scientists of his time, etc.

What set Einstein apart from other physicists of his period was that Einstein begin to focus on important questions in physics at an early age. Even then he conducted mind experiments about questions of the nature of light. That never left him.  He was completely dedicated to uncovering the answers to the mystery of the universe.  His greatest personal characteristic, I think, is that he spent his life going against the established norm; against what others perceived as "commonsense," and proved commonsense observation to be wrong at times.  There was others like him but they were not as willing as he to put their scientific reputation and career at risk. Einstein played the odds and won!  Nevertheless, he did have competition for his crowning jewel, general relativity.  He came very close to being beat out at getting there first.

It's the same today. There are scientists out there with just as good and insightful minds as that of Einstein, but they are afraid to take the risk required to arrive at breakthroughs on the order of General Relativity.  There's simply way too many outside controls over what can and cannot be researched in todays science for another of Einstein's caliber to emerge, I feel.