> one of the properties of genius is that it can’t really be deliberately focused i think this is true. I think there is a statement that is a bit more crisp,

> one of the properties of genius is that it can’t really be deliberately focused i think this is true. I think there is a statement that is a bit more crisp, genius focuses intensely on what it must. I, an average person, can focus or not on whatever. perhaps i'm a genius. I'm not a fool, but i'm also not pushing the boundaries. Your phrasing gives me room to think i'm a genius. (i'm not). Some folks, on the other hand, get hung up on details. And to those details matter a lot. They don't have a choice, in much the same way i don't have a choice about breathing. I'll do it if i want to or not. Genius is obsession. sometimes that obsession leads somewhere and we all benefit. but usually, it's just crazy guy ranting about squirrels.