WHAT IS A GENIUS?
To most people, a genius is someone with a towering IQ—say 140 points or higher. This is simplistic. A genius is more than that, but also less. In practice it only takes an IQ of 125 to become a genius. What you need beyond that is a facile imagination and the skills to apply it, driven by a passionate will toward a focused goal.
A genius doesn’t start out as a genius at every-thing but a genius at something. For example, you can be a genius at molecular biology, or a genius at reading people’s feelings. You can be a genius at programming software, or a genius at broken-field running. This puts genius-hood within the reach of nearly everybody. Over time, a genius may connect several somethings into a semblance of everything ...
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