Mo Yan is a scholar. He said modestly that he thought people like Yang Zhenning were geniuses. He said: "If I have to say it, I think Mr. Yang is a genius." When he was in his twenties, he was able to make important discoveries in physics. After winning the Nobel Prize, he can continue to produce important achievements, which is admirable. In addition, the results of physics are real, not as illusory as literature, and each reader sees different results. Some people say you write well, others say you write poorly. Therefore, if there is an afterlife, I will choose to study physics.

Yang Zhenning gave a more specific answer. After all, he is a senior technician. He said: I personally think this is a very important thing. If parents or teachers find that a child has a special talent somewhere, they must pay attention to helping him cultivate this interest. Stick to it and he will become a useful career in the future. If it is discovered early, it will be a great success.

As we all know, Einstein is recognized as a "genius" in the world and the greatest scientist in human history in the past 400 years. Why did Yang Zhenning not say "I think Einstein is a genius" in the program, or take Einstein as an example to prove that he is a genius? You know, Einstein was born in 1879 to 1955. Although Yang Zhenning was born late (1922), he still knew Einstein better. Yang Zhenning 1945 went to study in the United States and won the Nobel Prize at the age of 35. This shows that Yang Zhenning was famous when Einstein was alive, so he won the Nobel Prize in Physics more than a year after Einstein's death.

Yang Zhenning once taught in Tsinghua University. In the last few sections of the course, he talked about Einstein and the famous physics, mathematics and chemists in the early and middle 20th century. He said: there are three reasons for Einstein's success: first, Einstein's physical talent and basic skills are quite outstanding. Secondly, he met a good opportunity in the field of physics, when the field of physics faced three difficult problems that were often difficult to understand. Third: Einstein is a very brave man who dares to break the rules. Even in college love letters, he often tells his girlfriend that he has different views on XXX theory. I often say, "I don't quite understand this theory, but I think there is a subtle connection between the two." When Einstein was young, many physicists were better than him, but it was because of Einstein's "boldness" that he solved two and a half major physical problems in the third grade of the 20th century. Yang Zhenning also admitted that before Einstein, at least two scientists were very close to the truth of general relativity, but because they always believed that time was absolute, they could not break through this obstacle and were finally broken by brave young Einstein. In addition, Yang Zhenning also pointed out Einstein's two "shortcomings": poor mathematics in the early stage and no achievements in the later stage.