Incidentally, it seems smart to recognize that there is a lot of upside for a smart person in denying that they think of themselves as geniuses and publicly dismiss the concept altogether. I also hear that Nobel Laureates are very smart.
Ah, perhaps I begin to see your point now... You see, I don't think that being a genius is virtuous. It is simply a rare condition of someone's brain, caused by a particular conflagration of events in the physical universe. That is entirely unrelated to what it's good for.
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Also, genius is unrelated to whether it is recognized by others, or whether it happened to crop up at one of those historical junctures where it makes a big difference.
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..fairness and misfortune are constructs unrelated to whether *genius* exists or not but it is conventially viewed as a genetic or inheritable trait - which causes many a beautiful mind to give up too soon and or not work as hard in it's pursuit of truth, beauty or excellence.
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