How is Genius Defined?

[Dryson]

How is Genius defined?

Genius is not certainly defined as someone who merely talks like someone else hoping to make an audience think that the person they are mimicking is actually possessing their body.

I have come across allot of such people who then expect you to give them money for their...talent.

So what defines a genius?

 

[Trekker4747]

How is Genius defined?

Genius is not certainly defined as someone who merely talks like someone else hoping to make an audience think that the person they are mimicking is actually possessing their body.

I have come across allot of such people who then expect you to give them money for their...talent.

So what defines a genius?

A person with an IQ over 125 and typically shows a greater than average intelligence and ability to processes information and do calculations without aid, capable of coming up with solutions to problems almost as second nature or generally can be seen as smart either through tests or in their general behavior.

 

[HIjol]

Ability to synthesize and problem-solve quickly and accurately, as Walker said above, to absorb details and make sense of them efficiently and completely...not too much to do with money or inhabiting or possesing bodies, as the OP mentioned.

Nope

Not any of that.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration and has pretty much nothing to do with IQ (which is a flawed statistic to begin with but is also measured so inconsistently and unreliably as to be virtually useless beyond determining serious cognitive impairment.)

 

[Mary Ann]

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration and has pretty much nothing to do with IQ (which is a flawed statistic to begin with but is also measured so inconsistently and unreliably as to be virtually useless beyond determining serious cognitive impairment.)

This. Genius isn't merely having knowledge, because there's a huge difference between merely being book-smart and having intelligence. A true genius consistently thinks outside the box, using what knowledge he or she has not only to gain more knowledge but to gain it and use it in places and situations which would not occur to the majority of other people.

 

[Amaris]

How is Genius defined?

Genius is not certainly defined as someone who merely talks like someone else hoping to make an audience think that the person they are mimicking is actually possessing their body.

I have come across allot of such people who then expect you to give them money for their...talent.

So what defines a genius?

I start with myself, and then work my way down.

 

[Melakon]

Genius is pain. --John Lennon

 

[YellowSubmarine]

I define Genius by the shape of their HiMouse. Truly the best piece of technology in development since the flush toilet.

That, or by Elon Musk. Amount of floating rocket landing platforms you're making is a good measure of genius.

 

[thestrangequark]

It's a fairly meaningless term, really.

 

[urbandefault]

How is Genius defined?

Genius is not certainly defined as someone who merely talks like someone else hoping to make an audience think that the person they are mimicking is actually possessing their body.

I have come across allot of such people who then expect you to give them money for their...talent.

So what defines a genius?

I start with myself, and then work my way down.

 

[Snaploud]

Genius is a historical judgment. The term has little meaning in day-to-day life except insofar as to aggrandize or overload with unrealistic expectations.

 

[scotpens]

It's a fairly meaningless term, really.

Like a lot of descriptive terms, it's been cheapened through overuse. I once heard Brian Wilson (of Beach Boys fame) described as a "genius." The man's a talented musician, but a genius? What was Beethoven -- chopped liver?

 

[RoJoHen]

I think you have to work at an Apple store.

 

[Jedi_Master]

How is genius defined?

By the frame of my mirror.

 

[thestrangequark]

It's a fairly meaningless term, really.

Like a lot of descriptive terms, it's been cheapened through overuse. I once heard Brian Wilson (of Beach Boys fame) described as a "genius." The man's a talented musician, but a genius? What was Beethoven -- chopped liver?

Yeah, the dilution I think is a part of it, but it's always been a pretty flimsy term. I've got a bit of time, so I'm just sort of thinking out loud here...typing out loud? Typing as I think, I guess...

Intelligence is reliant on so many things, circumstance being one of the greatest, and the one everyone forgets about. We all want to attribute all our positive aspects to something internal and innate, but that's only part of the picture. One has to wonder, how would Beethoven's genius have presented itself if he were born in the stone age. How would Brian Wilson's "genius" have presented itself if he were born in the 18th century and classically trained from infancy?

Some people rely on IQ to give an objective measure of genius, but that's just stupid. IQ tests are flawed and biased, so much so that results can vary greatly for the individual being tested depending upon the test and when and how it's given. I've personally administered a battery of tests to a learning disabled individual who scored 65 on one (technically moderately mentally retarded) and 145 on another (technically well into "genius" range). IQ can tell us a bit about people's intelligence, but not a lot.

It could be more meaningful to define genius based on product, not on capability. Einstein was quoted above, and Dumbledor also provided wise words on the issue: "It is our actions, not our abilities, that make us who we are." Is someone with a 145 IQ a genius because she tests well? What if she never produces an innovative thought? Is someone with a 100 IQ average even if their work or ideas are consistently innovative? I don't think a lower IQ precludes ability for innovation.

So, is genius the production a paradigm-shifting innovation, either physical or conceptual? Perhaps. By that definition you could, reasonably, call "Pet Sounds" a work of genius, and maybe it is. Or maybe it should be about quantity of output as much as quality, which would eliminate the "cheapening." On the other hand, it's been demonstrated that most "geniuses" produce their paradigm-shifting ideas only once and usually in their 20s to early 30s.

I guess the question is, is genius aptitude or action?

 

[PurpleBuddha]

How is Genius defined?

Like this

ge·nius noun \ˈjēn-yəs, ˈjē-nē-əs\
: a very smart or talented person : a person who has a level of talent or intelligence that is very rare or remarkable

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genius

 

[Nerys Myk]

It's a fairly meaningless term, really.

Like a lot of descriptive terms, it's been cheapened through overuse. I once heard Brian Wilson (of Beach Boys fame) described as a "genius." The man's a talented musician, but a genius? What was Beethoven -- chopped liver?

Yes, his only number one single was "A Fifth of Beethoven".

 

[Australis]

How is Genius defined?

Genius is not certainly defined as someone who merely talks like someone else hoping to make an audience think that the person they are mimicking is actually possessing their body.

I have come across allot of such people who then expect you to give them money for their...talent.

So what defines a genius?

A person with an IQ over 125 and typically shows a greater than average intelligence and ability to processes information and do calculations without aid, capable of coming up with solutions to problems almost as second nature or generally can be seen as smart either through tests or in their general behavior.

But... but... but... that would mean I'm a genius. I shoulda studied harder.

 

[jayceee]

A person who surpasses previous geniuses like Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Richard Feynman, etc ...