Personally, it'd be very easy for me to define genius as an IQ score because my mind is pretty much ideally configured for IQ tests. The problem is this: the only thing those tests are checking for is the ability to analyse, spot patterns, and predict based upon given criteria.
For me, Salvador Dali is a genius twice over. First of all for his sheer natural painting ability. Secondly for what he can imagine and construct. Give him an IQ test, though, and I bet his results wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary.
In short, the word "genius" even though it suits my vanity to define it the way it currently is, genuinely is far too narrowly defined.
Is it normal that I think I could secretly be a genius?
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Personally, it'd be very easy for me to define genius as an IQ score because my mind is pretty much ideally configured for IQ tests. The problem is this: the only thing those tests are checking for is the ability to analyse, spot patterns, and predict based upon given criteria.
For me, Salvador Dali is a genius twice over. First of all for his sheer natural painting ability. Secondly for what he can imagine and construct. Give him an IQ test, though, and I bet his results wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary.
In short, the word "genius" even though it suits my vanity to define it the way it currently is, genuinely is far too narrowly defined.