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#1 Posted 25 March 2004 - 02:03 AM Guest_Therapist_*


Hey everyone, just wondering what everyones definition of a genius, had a recent discussion with someone and he had a different definition which i thought was kind of odd. How would you define a genius?
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#2 Posted 25 March 2004 - 03:51 AM User is offline   Neurocomp2003  (Baryon)


1) RESEARCH GENIUS
Someone who has extensive knowledge of their field and can apply it in research or industry or teach it to someone to learn.

2) GENERAL GENIUS
Someone who can carry an intelligent conversation of any topic. And not look stupid.

3) STREET GENIUS
Someone who can live on any means and get what they want.
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#3 Posted 25 March 2004 - 03:57 AM User is offline   fafalone  (übernerd)


...and artistic geniuses. artists, musicians, etc.
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#4 Posted 25 March 2004 - 06:20 AM User is offline   Neurocomp2003  (Baryon)


heh, i incorporated artistic genius into the first one...since what they do is kinda like research but not really scientific but still the research what pleases the ear and poetry what pleasese the mind.
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#5 Posted 25 March 2004 - 07:02 AM User is offline   Crash  (Molecule)


ME! :)
so anyway.......
someone who gets paid the most while working the least, and having the most FUN
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#6 Posted 25 March 2004 - 08:49 AM User is offline   BrainMan  (Baryon)


A genious is technically defined as anyone that knows aproximately as much as I do, and can solve approximately as many problems. If lower than me, then the person is not a genious. If apparently significantly higher than me, then the person is obviously faking it as so is only a fake genious. And actually, those close to me are really only pseudogeniouses, because they do not actually match me.

Proof: A = A. Let us define me as A. You are clearly not A. I am a genious, so you are clearly not. Any attempt to deny this is a contradiction, for you would be claiming that A != A, which anyone can see is clearly false.

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#7 Posted 25 March 2004 - 08:53 AM User is offline   Gracchus  (Lepton)


Anyone smarter than I is a genius. I just haven't met anyone that smart.
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#8 Posted 25 March 2004 - 09:44 AM User is offline   Skye  (Biology Expert)


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It appears humility isn't a sign of genius.
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#9 Posted 25 March 2004 - 10:09 AM User is offline   wolfson  (Molecule)


Extraordinary intellectual and creative power, nobody here (Brainman), wishful thinking.
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#10 Posted 25 March 2004 - 10:32 AM User is offline   Sayonara³  (Doomy doom ♫)


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I am a genious.

No matter how many times I see it, that never gets any less funny.
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#11 Posted 25 March 2004 - 10:39 AM User is offline   BrainMan  (Baryon)


Im laughing so hard I am crying!

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#12 Posted 25 March 2004 - 02:10 PM User is offline   blike  (Where are my ponies?)


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I am a genious


Indeed, a classic :D

(i made that mistake once here, only once)
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#13 Posted 25 March 2004 - 05:15 PM User is offline   fafalone  (übernerd)


One of my favorite hobbies is berating people who call themselves a "genious" :P
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#14 Posted 25 March 2004 - 05:34 PM User is offline   YT2095  (Chemistry Expert)


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with the exception of this post, I flatly refuse to comment on this thread! ROFLMAO :))
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#15 Posted 25 March 2004 - 09:09 PM User is offline   Crash  (Molecule)


Well were al so modest here arent we :p
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#16 Posted 25 March 2004 - 09:11 PM User is offline   Cap'n Refsmmat  (Mr. Wizard)


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all I can say is that I'm not that honest...
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#17 Posted 25 March 2004 - 10:16 PM User is offline   Pinch Paxton  (Zark U Alumnus)


A Genius to me is someone who creates a solution to problem before the problem was even known. Where a population of thousands have accepted something as fact, the genius knows already that the facts are wrong.

Pincho.
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#18 Posted 25 March 2004 - 11:06 PM User is offline   Sayonara³  (Doomy doom ♫)


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I guess that makes you a genius then.
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#19 Posted 26 March 2004 - 02:09 AM User is offline   Ms. DNA  (Meson)


A genius is someone who is extraordinarily creative. For instance, instead of just writing a poem, a genius might invent a new type of poem (like the sonnet form).
"It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness." -- Chinese proverb

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#20 Posted 26 March 2004 - 02:38 AM User is offline   NSX  (Molecule)


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Ms. DNA said in post # :
A genius is someone who is extraordinarily creative. For instance, instead of just writing a poem, a genius might invent a new type of poem (like the sonnet form).


What's so big about a sonnet?

Structured poem?
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