What Does It Mean To Be A Genius?

What Does It Mean To Be A Genius?

We can start by saying what it DOESN’T mean.

To be a genius, you have to do more than crunch numbers like a supercomputer.

Remembering facts like a tape recorder also doesn’t make anyone a genius.

Sorting and re-arranging already existing information FROM OTHER PEOPLE, no matter how prettily it’s done, also has nothing to do with being a genius.

I define being a genius as having the ability to get information that is not derived from other human beings (no matter when or when in time!) but by DIRECT INTERACTION WITH THE UNIVERSE.

Or you could say in other words, in my definition of a true genius is someone who works out things for themselves and therefore, comes up with new and unique solutions to existing problems.

A genius makes a clear distinction between information derived from the observations and calculations of OTHER PEOPLE – second hand information – and observations and calculations derived BY THEMSELVES IN DIRECT INTERACTION with the system under investigation – first hand information.

This distinction holds for all fields of human endeavour, from mathematics to painting, and from poetry writing to mechanical engineering.

With this distinction between first and second hand information in place, a person can compare the results of both and come to a third, new conclusion based on these information GROUPS.

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Author: Silvia Hartmann
Source: http://silviahartmann.com/genius.php
Date of capture: 26 July 2009