[acomar]

he was extremely insightful and developed new math so effortlessly. if he'd survived, a lot of math would have advanced more quickly than it did.

[dylan604]

or he just peaked early. there's no way to know that he would have had any more insights, as well as no way of knowing if he wouldn't. he didn't, and that's all we have.

Einstein gave us GR, yet lived a long life to be known for something he did in his much younger days.

[bionsystem]

While I agree with the Einstein argument, odds are that a talented young scientist, given enough years to live, has some good chances to find more than his early carrier findings. At least his odds are better than if he dies young...