Privileging Precocity

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/20/081020fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=1

While there certainly seems to be a bias towards believing genius works (writing, art, thought) come early, it isn't necessarily so. (Thank goodness.) Gladwell points out, somewhat ironically, that T.S. Elliot was 23 (!) when he wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Cezanne is our best example, though the Galenson project evens the field even more.