I wonder what it takes to be a genius. People are inundated with media saying this person is a genius because he or she wrote a brilliant song, or this scientist is a genius because he has a theory that others can't understand but it sounds important. Most would say it is an intelligence quotient distinction, one would have to pass 140 to be a genius, yeah.. because testing seems like a great way to tell people they are a genius.
The idea that I am getting at is I think that it is hard to test the ability to formulate original ideas. It is possible that I am off base and not talking about genii at all but visionaries. I think they fall into the same category though. Can a person really call another a genius if they remember and understand and infinite amount of subjects but can not form that into an original idea? Rhetorical questions.. My brain must be tired.
I think that a true genius will cause others to latch onto their ideas and try to formulate new ideas. True genii changes the world around themselves. They make it into a world of their own. One where people innately change the way they interact in the world by instinct. Those who interact with the world of a genius, adapt to the new metaphysical physics of this pocket world that appears around the genius.
C. Fletcher
