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• I have had the honor of working for 1 Nobel Prize Winner, talking to One, being in lectures by one, taking a course by one and being in the class of someone expected to win it. If the Prize qualifies for genius, and I think it doesn't, these people were endowed with good genes, open to listening, open to learning, focused, persistent, saw how one thing connects to the other, imaginative, free-thinking, good humored and at most times decent people. I doubt they played violin when they were three. And I think they all knew that despite some advantages they had, that they won a lottery that brings it all together - what I said above, the right subject, the right time, etc. In other words, they would die in corporate America. The word genius is used very loosely in our society. Especially by groups like entertainers and media types that reward each other seemingly on a weekly basis. More than athletes, more than scientists, more than our nation of Dilberts, more than anyone. Maybe you could define genius as a certain IQ or ability. There are many definitions one could think of. Paul
  in What Makes a Genius?
  Monday March 08, 2010, 10:03 AM