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# that's exactly what i mean
my article started out as a melancholy look at the fact that our only remaining genius is Stephen Hawking, and he's not long for this world really is he? but i was saying that there is hope yet with the interweb!
(Tendency, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:01, archived)
# If genius is one extreme of a bell curve
then I would expect that there are more geniuses alive today than there have ever been before. Perhaps we don't have as many universally recognised geniuses as we did when the world was a much smaller place.
(Indole Ring, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:04, archived)
# people who are recognised in their own lifetime have immediate impact
(eg. sex appeal, athletic ability, passion). we don't know who the real geniuses are, because their hasn't stood the test of time/become widely accepted yet.
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:27, archived)
# well
said
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:39, archived)
# You're right
(Indole Ring, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:41, archived)
# fuck off he's a genius
he only discovered one thing and is only well known on the celebrity afforded him on account of being a scientist with motor neurone disease.

what about the likes of will self, though? and there probably are a good few geniuses out there, but we never hear about them.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:04, archived)
# that's what i'm getting at
go back to 1900-1930 and you can't walk down the street without bumping into a genius or rolemodel of some kind. einstein, ghandi, picasso, monet, about 5 different composers. they were universally recognised. these days we have either 1 or 2 or loads and loads of them which no one knows about- this is why i say we should use the interweb to find them.
(Tendency, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:08, archived)
# and fuckin hell mate of course he's a genius
ever read a brief history of time?

and you only need to discover or invent one thing to be a genius.
(Tendency, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:10, archived)
# back then they didn't have so many distractions.
Mozart would have written one tune now and then just kept re-mixing it and going on tours around Japan.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:17, archived)
# ha ha
arf
(Tendency, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:18, archived)
# erm
this place is chock-a-block full of genii

seemed as good a time as any to make my first announcement about it!
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:18, archived)
# ooh that looks like an interesting site
must bookmark it and pay regular visits.
;) they suspect nothing
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:19, archived)
# lol
that is great.
(Tendency, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:20, archived)
# YAY!!!
Homer just became the alpha crow on Sky one - they're showing that new simpsons I saw at your place.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:24, archived)
# that
is still my favourite episode!
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:27, archived)
# Woo!
bending spaceime in the basement ... hmmm
(Indole Ring, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:26, archived)
# Very swank
But an "about us" page would be nice so I can figure out it's raison d'etre
(I helped save b3ta! Quelabra Don't Knock New York, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:34, archived)
# ooh thanks
i had no idea its purpose wouldn't be clear. i thought the name and content spoke for itself. hmm, about us, eh? *thinks*
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:48, archived)
# don't get me wrong
the man's smart, he knows his stuff. but he's not a genius.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:20, archived)
# an IQ of 140+ is mensa's definition of a genius
but what do they know? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:22, archived)
# well, c'mon.
hawking radiation is all well and good, but it's nothing radical
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:27, archived)
# I bet that definition
was made up by someone with an IQ of 141.
(Indole Ring, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:29, archived)
# yep it's all arbitrary nonsense
how good is the world at doing cursor bunny of death electrical thing move the mouse along the line you know..?
Add that to the IQ test and shake things up a bit.
Hawking is good at some stuff, not good at other stuff. Ssame goes for everyone.
There's no real reason why science is as important as hairdressing nowadays. The word genius is applied to both professions by those in the know.
Genius = unlimited = free (in the lack of a clear definition those words have thesedays.)
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:34, archived)
# mensa are rubbish
that is what i think
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:32, archived)
# this is true
they seem to be nothing but snobs. and people with stupidly high iqs tend to be condescending and not very nice
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:41, archived)
# and
a large number of them are fluffy and helpful
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:54, archived)
# i dunno if that's the case
but i do think that worrying about what your iq is (or, more significantly, anyone else's) indicates that there are issues at stake
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 21:15, archived)
# it's the very nature of seperating people
according to intelligence, that's rather unsettling. you might be an absolute genius according to an iq test but the most boring person to walk the earth.

and having mensa where you can only get in if your iq is above a certain level doesn't sit well with me and seems awfully cliquey.

that said, i'm sure there are a great number of thoroughly nice intelligent people out there, as freshlegs pointed out
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 21:32, archived)
# weeeeell it depends dunnit?
i know people who test their iq and treat it as a game or sport. there are people who do it in a superior sort of way, but if you took away iq tests i'm sure they'd just find something else, because they want to feel that way
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 21:43, archived)
# where's my reflection gone?
*looks in mirror*
ahh there it is.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:16, archived)