What Is Genius?
How to define genius? Dean Keith Simonton takes us on a historical tour of its ever-changing meaning. From its humble beginnings as a measure of potential we all have within us, to a solely...
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What do we mean by genius and does that category really matter? Do we really need to study this kind of way of categorizing one individual or another? So, let me begin with Dean you've spent a lot of your career thinking about these kinds of issues. So just pose the question: you know, who first defined genius? Where does that idea come from? Well, I mean the idea of genius itself dates back to the ancient Romans. It used to be thought that every single person was born with a genius and... Well at least every single male was born with a genius women had a women had a Juno, which you probably haven't heard of. And we're not - noticed - we're not talking about junos. We're only talking about geniuses. But it was something that was special. I...
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What do we mean by genius and does that category really matter? Do we really need to study this kind of way of categorizing one individual or another? So, let me begin with Dean you've spent a lot of your career thinking about these kinds of issues. So just pose the question: you know, who first defined genius? Where does that idea come from? Well, I mean the idea of genius itself dates back to the ancient Romans. It used to be thought that every single person was born with a genius and... Well at least every single male was born with a genius women had a women had a Juno, which you probably haven't heard of. And we're not - noticed - we're not talking about junos. We're only talking about geniuses. But it was something that was special. I...
