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There is no genius, just various levels of domain expertise. We call geniuses those who concentrate most of their time and passion into one niche, and that nich
by dougk16 13y ago
There is no genius, just various levels of domain expertise. We call geniuses those who concentrate most of their time and passion into one niche, and that niche has to be one that's popularly thought of as requiring smarts to fill. I approach genius levels of juggling a tennis ball with my feet, but I don't think there are Nobel prizes for that.
If there truly is a fall in the rate of "geniuses", I would venture to guess that it's because it's so easy to take an interest in so many different areas these days.
- nicholasjarnold 13y agoExactly. The internet, and hence the (more) rapid liberation of information, makes available innumerable opportunities for curious minds to dabble. I've never been particularly interested in knowing everything about something. Rather, I'm much more interested in knowing a little about everything. There's great value to be reaped from going extremely deep on a subject, but it's just so easy to become distracted these days. I'm reminded of Munroe's Nerd Sniping: http://xkcd.com/356/ http://xkcd.com/356/