It is not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers. (2007 T2 #3#34)
elude: if a fact or the answer to a problem eludes you, you cannot remember or solve it
capacity: someone's ability to do something
suit: to have the right quality to do something
visualize: to form a picture of someone of something in your mind
It is not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers.
这句话的背景,是有一个智商测起来非常高的人,被智商问非常普通的人问了这样一些问题: 爱和喜欢的区别是什么?幸运和巧合的本质是什么? What's the difference between love and fondness. What's the nature of luck and coincidence?😂