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what makes certain minds tick?

certain minds being "those we consider genius"...

I try to imagine that I am a genius, but it's hard. (Unless, of course, I really am a genius, then I no longer have to imagine, because - you know - I am) I think of it in terms of point A, B, and C - normal people can only get from point A to C by going through B. I can get to point C from A by jumping over B.

Geniuses, I imagine, live at C and are looking at D, E, F, G, etc... simultaneously, trying to get to a whole other alphabet.

they can just play.

am I like Salieri and Cassandra? Am I doomed to mediocrity but can recognize genius and no one believes me until after it happens?

er...

whatever.

In any case, do you think genius recognizes itself? I think most do, after seeing other people react to what they can do, but some might just deny it or brush it off as just another thing...

Music/Movement/Acting/Comedy, Engineering/Architecture, Math/Science/Physics, Painting/Sculpting, Writing/Language...

I think those would be the classical stand-bys of genius...

I'm probably leaving stuff out, but then again, I'm no genius.

being able to derive something completely new from what is around you always impressed me...

surpassing the teacher, and so on...

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I'd imagine that you'd have to be a genius to be a spy... you'd need a vast array of knowledge, instant recall, as well as being physically fit...

I would think - but the only think I know about that is what I learned from Hollywood and cartoons... so I think it is safe to say that I do not know much.

I will probably go to the Spy museum in a couple of weeks...

I'll know more about spies after that.

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there is a huge difference between really smart/really talented and genius...

if we were to come into contact with genius, would we recognize it? would we smother it? would we smother it if we recognized it?

this guy, I think he might be one...

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I'm going to think about inventing something that cool for about 5 minutes every day.

then I'll spend another minute trying to figure out how to make the cool thing...