Everyone is merely a sum total (abilities and knowledge). This is not static. There is the bell curve, and everyone is on it somewhere. It is pointless to concern oneself with where (on the curve), but rather how much better one can be. That assumes one has some ambition.deceit wrote: Which brings me to the vague idea of a genius which seems to be annotated with everyones self in this forum. I know I know too little to about too much to be worthy of such a status nor have my endeavours taken off the ground to demand me a genius.
The term itself is loaded, in the sense that it has become a mystical sort of intimation: "that person is a genius" (trumpets, fanfare, etc.) It has become an image term, like sex symbol etc. Substance is everything, and image is BS. BS is for the consumption of the ignorant, while substance is for those who are capable.