Dr. Hirsch was recently interviewed by Carl Zimmer of the New York Times for a piece on Big Think where she explains her thoughts on genius being a physical continuation of humanity’s pioneering spirit.

The link to the full article, transcript and original video is available at the following link: http://bigthink.com/videos/genius-as-a-continuum-with-dr-joy-hirsch

A follow up and continuation to this talk where Dr. Hirsch explores the connections in our brain that make us different and whether people like Einstein are born geniuses or develop from blank slates is below with the link to the original video, full article and transcript here.