"...there must be thousands of individuals who are maximally smart..." I think that's the core truth of "genius". Melville put it, "Genius all over the world s

"...there must be thousands of individuals who are maximally smart..." I think that's the core truth of "genius". Melville put it, "Genius all over the world stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round". Joseph Campbell, Isamu Noguchi, Martha Graham, and Rudy Arnheim were all geniuses in very different fields, but they were also drawn to each other in friendship & collaboration. They can't compare to each other on any scale, but somehow shared something in common.