A Great Insight

Among the establishment - and indeed, among the population at large - only a
tiny handful of brilliant intellectuals are able to divorce themselves, with
anything approaching thoroughness, from the shackles of contemporary
culture. The rest are not substantially more capable of objective thought
than are those they rule, or those who rule them. In short, the bulk of the
establishment - including most of those typically viewed as the most
powerful - live and think within the bounds of the culture that came to be
by the ac***ulation of accidents, the machinations of earlier generations of
power brokers, and most importantly, by the contributions of great
innovators.

Instead, they go for one of the many contemporary subcultures.

this indeed is the essence of genius.

but the key is not in the ability to achieve 'objective' thought, but
rather to fully accept one's subjective perception.

If this is what we are passing as the definition of genius then what could
be the definition of the opposite. Could it be that those who enroll in
thoughts about what genius might be and converse on the matter define there
own thoughts as the opposite of genius.

How so?

Anybody can think they are stupid, indeed, nobody knows everything(or very
much, depending on the starting point).

I think the point of the statement is talking about intelligence combined
with an ability to reason and think logically(which not all supposedly
'intelligent' people are able to do)

defining what is _not_ genius is somewhat pointless and futile. but it
nevertheless provides some entertainment to bitter souls.

*I say string 'em uP!~

news:<T8YQa.439243$ro6.10603380@news2.calgary.shaw .ca>...

very _bitter_ souls!

String em up ... no better quote from a soul wishing to be a genius

And I bet you figured this was an original thought. Sorry, such muses
are a part of our contemporary culture.

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2 6th January 12:16 michael voytinsky External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight Instead, they go for one of the many contemporary subcultures.

3 7th January 18:46 google.news.bs2 External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight this indeed is the essence of genius. but the key is not in the ability to achieve 'objective' thought, but rather to fully accept one's subjective perception.

4 9th January 02:57 jake External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight If this is what we are passing as the definition of genius then what could be the definition of the opposite. Could it be that those who enroll in thoughts about what genius might be and converse on the matter define there own thoughts as the opposite of genius.

5 9th January 02:57 mage External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight How so? Anybody can think they are stupid, indeed, nobody knows everything(or very much, depending on the starting point). I think the point of the statement is talking about intelligence combined with an ability to reason and think logically(which not all supposedly 'intelligent' people are able to do)

6 10th January 10:25 google.news.bs2 External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight defining what is _not_ genius is somewhat pointless and futile. but it nevertheless provides some entertainment to bitter souls.

7 10th January 10:26 mage External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight *I say string 'em uP!~

8 10th January 10:26 mage External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight news:<T8YQa.439243$ro6.10603380@news2.calgary.shaw .ca>... very _bitter_ souls!

9 11th January 17:00 jake External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight String em up ... no better quote from a soul wishing to be a genius

10 16th January 06:06 vern External User Posts: 1	A Great Insight And I bet you figured this was an original thought. Sorry, such muses are a part of our contemporary culture.