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rdean
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Every time a famous actor, athlete or musician dies, or enters rehab, the media goes on endlessly about their "genius".
Talent
a special ability that allows someone to do something well
Genius
extraordinary intellectual power especially as manifested in creative activity;
a person endowed with transcendent mental superiority; especially : a person with a very high IQ
The dictionary definitions overlap, but I see them as completely different. The best actor in the world is only a matter of opinion. And the opinion is "who can pretend the best".
Obviously Einstein was a genius. Alan Turing, corrected some of Einstein's formula's, broke Nazi codes and whose algorithms because the bases for today's modern computer language, without a computer. That's genius. Geniuses such as these guys have an impact to the entire world way beyond music, basketball or acting.
If people feel actors and singers are geniuses, please explain why.
Talent
a special ability that allows someone to do something well
Genius
extraordinary intellectual power especially as manifested in creative activity;
a person endowed with transcendent mental superiority; especially : a person with a very high IQ
The dictionary definitions overlap, but I see them as completely different. The best actor in the world is only a matter of opinion. And the opinion is "who can pretend the best".
Obviously Einstein was a genius. Alan Turing, corrected some of Einstein's formula's, broke Nazi codes and whose algorithms because the bases for today's modern computer language, without a computer. That's genius. Geniuses such as these guys have an impact to the entire world way beyond music, basketball or acting.
If people feel actors and singers are geniuses, please explain why.