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The Oxford Languages dictionary defines genius as: a person regarded as exerting a powerful influence over another for good or evil. The article even speaks to
by randomdata 3y ago
The Oxford Languages dictionary defines genius as: a person regarded as exerting a powerful influence over another for good or evil.
The article even speaks to the divide between those who believe their genius is good and evil. But, be it good or evil, is not fair to say that they are a powerful influence?
- akira2501 3y agoI'm being asked to judge them solely on their _apparent_ business acumen, which is to be demonstrated by the size of the thing they've assembled. They _may_ very well be geniuses by your measure, but I have no way of accurately assessing that from here, and I'm uncomfortable with using sheer scale as a proxy.
- randomdata 3y agoThe article states that their genius is a given. You are not being asked to judge on that basis at all. What is in question in this thread is whether or not the assertion that they are geniuses is true. With that, what reason is there to think that they are not a powerful influence?
- codingdave 3y agoNo, it doesn't. That is listed as an idiom, not a definition.