Do you need to be really really bright in the first place to learn how to be a good scientist or do you need to keep

Question: Do you need to be really really bright in the first place to learn how to be a good scientist or do you need to keep practising and studying to be successful??? :)
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Asked by xsarahx to Marcus on 13 Nov 2012.
- Marcus Wilson answered on 13 Nov 2012:
  
  I think you dont need to be really bright to learn how to be a good scientist. You learn as you become a scientist to think more logically and this can make you seem more intelligent because of the way your brain has been trained to deal with problems. (why us scientist seem more intelligent). we really are pretty normal people that regulalry do stupid things like everyone else!
  
  Ive alsways found that its about 70% hard work, 20% luck and 10% what I know. I think the most important thing for a budding scientist is enthusiasm, you can be super bright and have lost of theories but in the end you need to show proof for those theories and that requires hard work and skill.

Question: Do you need to be really really bright in the first place to learn how to be a good scientist or do you need to keep practising and studying to be successful??? :)