New study claims to find genetic link between creativity and mental illness

Results imply creative people are 25% more likely to carry genes that raise risk of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. But others argue the evidence is flimsy.

two news stories here:

Do Creativity And Schizophrenia Share A Small Genetic Link? Maybe
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/08/412314685/do-creativity-and-schizophrenia-share-a-small-genetic-link-maybe

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/08/new-study-claims-to-find-genetic-link-between-creativity-and-mental-illness

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Not really that surprising, after all creativity is all about thinking in slightly unusual ways.

Is this the same that some of these genetics will never be expressed? For instance, I think I would have been a great mathematician, my genes might have even proved it, but maybe it wasn’t in the cards for me.