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The Secret to Immigrant Genius

There are few subjects as heated, or divisive, as immigration. Lost in the debate, though, is a little-known but undeniable fact: a remarkable number of creative people, geniuses even, have blossomed on foreign soil.

A while back, I wrote an article about this phenomenon for the Wall Street Journal. My premise—that moving to a new nation sparks creativi…