What is a genius?

A 'genius' is a person who achieves surpassing excellence in their intellect or skill. A genius has more than exceptional intelligence, talent, knowledge, originality or creativity. What is a genius? Genius means insight and achievement which has transformational power in society, changing the way people think and feel, and what expectations they have about human abilities - at an historical cultural level. An example of a genius is Albert Einstein who transformed the way the scientifically educated think about space, time and the universe. Another example is Leonardo da Vinci - perhaps the greatest genius - and most diversely talented human - in history.

  Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) 

Italian Renaissance scientist,
mathematician, engineer, inventor,
anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect,
botanist, musician, writer. A universal
genius. Leonardo changed our view
of what a human is capable of.

 

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