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What defines true genius?
by whatshisface 5y ago
What defines true genius?
- aj7 5y ago1) Bachelor’s level by 15-16. 2) Doctorate or equivalent by 20-21. 3) Decent communication and social skills. This is a significant flameout point. 4) Creativity and absolute refusal to work on directed projects by others, except voluntarily for some higher good. 5) Tremendous persistence. 6) Cheerfulness, related to 3) above, increases the degree of genius-ness. What have I left out?
- bradlys 5y agoIf that's what it takes to be a "genius" - what a joke.
- whatshisface 5y agoNot to demand too much rigour for a casual discussion forum, but what you left out were the reasons to believe that was the list and not some other list of different things.
- MrMan 5y agogenius is not defined by accomplishments, believe it or not. geniuses may or may not achieve the things we hope or expect they will. genius is seeing reality, intuition, knowing things even though you maybe didn't even read the book. genius is generative, not always performative. it takes many forms.
- chii 5y agosomeone like Srinivasa Ramanujan. True genius needs to be found, identified and nurtured. If they are born in a poor household, there would not be as big an opportunity to identify them, and society would be poorer for it. Therefore, society should look to try and identify them, and spend resources to get them to flourish.