So BootyKid1 asked me this weekend, "What is genius?" I paused for a second and gave it a bit of a thought.
"Well, people can do things and be called a genius for it... but I don't know."
Bootykid1 was puzzled, "aren't you a genius, daddy?"
"No way, and I doubt I would be smart enough to recognize it if I saw it."
Bootykid1 was somewhat dissatisfied with that answer, so I searched for a very specific scene from a famous movie, "Amadeus". I told her that it was story of about the torment of man who could recognize musical genius but could never be one himself. I suppose it stretches well beyond music -- and it is truly divine when you have a chance to see it for yourself.
Though, I don't think she was very satisfied with this clip; I thought I'd share it with y'all anyway.
Jul 14 2008, 11:52 am
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Duelmaster409
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The steriotypical genius would be refering to some mathematical genius, or scientific genius, for that matter.
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Einstein, Poincare, Ramanujan, Dirac, and von Neumman. They are wonderful example of genius.
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Anyone whose IQ is over 170 is considered a geinous, I think.
However, you shouldn't tell your kid that. There are a few of these people who didn't turn out good... | |
Jaredoggy's performance in 'Gamers'
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Jeff8500 wrote:
Anyone whose IQ is over 170 is considered a geinous, I think. It's actually 130. | |
I've always heard 130-160 is considered gifted, and 160+ is genius. 130 is relatively low, actually.
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Popisfizzy wrote:
I've always heard 130-160 is considered gifted, and 160+ is genius. 130 is relatively low, actually. What test are you going by? The usual norm for IQ genius is 130, with 100 being the "average" rating. EDIT: I should add that just because a person is gifted doe snot make them a genius. The terms are not interchangeable. | |
But you couldn't apply IQ to something like musical or sporting genius.
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I think Jeff8500 and Annoyancefactor hit very close to the reason why I was somewhat evasive to my daughter's question.
I've seen sheer brilliance from folks who freely admit they don't care for tests and perform poorly on them; and I've seen near social incapacitation from kids who have clarity and understanding in concepts I can't begin to know. It's very risky to categorize genius. | |
DarkView wrote:
But you couldn't apply IQ to something like musical or sporting genius. Actually music is related to math. Usually if you're good at one, you're good at the other. | |