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other less intelligent people can only offer an opinion of what a genius truly is.The word genius is uses out of context far too often,but i guess there have been quite a few geniuses born to this earth.
But its not easy to say"he or she was or is a genius without coming into argument with someone of a different opinion" so i was thinking if it would be possible to construct a list of geniuses"
So is there anyone out there in betfair land that might like to post the name of someone who you may think is a genius and is world famous for being a genius.
so i will start.
1=Albert Einstein.
Genius is very open to debate. Very clever people are often poor at personal interaction
and don't get the nuance in a situation but damn they know physics. So who is cleverer
the guy who can understand complex maths or the guy who can navigate the world he
lives in?
Aug 27, 2018 -- 12:33AM, northanlite wrote:
TBF it was an interesting OP & we have sh1t on it. Genius is very open to debate. Very clever people are often poor at personal interaction and don't get the nuance in a situation but damn they know physics. So who is clevererthe guy who can understand complex maths or the guy who can navigate the world helives in?
‘He certainly didn’t make you envious of genius,’ he added. ‘To be like Simon seemed a high price to pay.’
Masters, Alexander. The Genius in my Basement. Biography of erstwhile maths genius Simon Norton who now spends most of his time on buses campaigning against public transport cuts.
eg the cure for cancer....
Whilst that would be a tremendous accolade, I don't think that a "one off" event is enough to make that person be described as a genius!
On the other hand, someone who has created a prolific amount of unique, and radical constructions, would certainly be a genius!
One such person is Antoni Gaudi, of whom it is difficult to come to terms with how one person could achieve so much in a lifetime!
of the other stuff he believed in and studied then he sounds like a nutbar.
Aug 27, 2018 -- 10:15AM, northanlite wrote:
Isaac Newton made perhaps the most important single discovery ever but when you read about someof the other stuff he believed in and studied then he sounds like a nutbar.
Two minutes on Isaac Newton and his discoveries (laws of optics, laws of motion, calculus, gravity):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ
The speaker is Neil deGrasse Tyson who is America's equivalent of Brian Cox.
George Best
Not only did he formulate the greatest discovery of all time he supported it with a vast body of evidence from his own work.
the genius who influenced a genius in Einstein
but I’m not going to argue about it : )
