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What is Your Genius Type?

I call my brain the compendium of useless knowledge. I learn a lot about a subject when it interests me. It is how I learned to knit. However, I am very good at math and it confuses me when other's arent.
 
From the posts I've seen so far, I think "Reluctant" and "Humble" are the most common types around here. ;)

As it should be, really. Most people I've met who actually call themselves geniuses are only so in their own mind. Genius is as genius does, and it's a term best conferred by objective observers.
Maybe you are right Slithytoves ,I don't call my self a genius...I call my self a small or sort of idiot savant, and I don't leave out the idiot part either. I freely admit there are a equal number of things I'm really bad at, that is just how it works.
So does unraveling the true atomic structure of basically the entire universe count as genius, I don't know. From my point of view I just opened the door walked into the living room, took one look at the elephant standing there, and said does anyone see the elephant?, why is it in the living room? And everyone went.. "Eeeee! what elephant you are crazy?..there can't be a elephant, elephants don't show up in living rooms."

To which I said, "Okay I'm crazy:tonguewink:...but your elephant :elephant: which doesn't exist just took a cr..p on the couch, you may want to move.":rolleyes:

The truth is from my point of view a blind monkey :monkey: could have seen the answer...I deleted the rest of my comments on blindness and stupidity in the world, to be nice to NT land.
 
I think I'm really good at writing films. I've sold a few scripts and work for a network. They always love my ideas but then they change a lot of it which makes me mad because I feel like they didn't really u nderstand the genius.
 
You know! Darwin once said, it's not the strongest or the smartest that survive, it's those who are willing to adapt. That said. I'd have to ask. Is there really such a thing as true genius or is genius just a statement made by NT's to complement someone for their inelegance? I have been called both a genius and a retard, and it all boils down to whether or not that person likes you or not. I still think that genius and retard are subjective terms. Wouldn't you agree?
 
I'm not sure what it would be called, but I have an excellent memory for stories. If it's a book I've read, I'm able to suddenly remember most of the plot and characters in a few seconds. The only exception are for stories I hated or found creepy, like Slaughter House Five. I try to forget those books.
 
I still think that genius and retard are subjective terms.
Yes, for the wo/man on the street, that is true, but they do/did have clinical meanings, too.

IIRC,
  • Genius = IQ > 4 standard deviations above the mean,
  • Retarded means "delayed in maturity" in one or more facets. Having a PDD means that we are, in fact, delayed/retarded in our social development (at least by NT standards),
  • Idiot and imbecile used to be clinical terms, as well.
The problem is that most people who misuse genius, retarded, idiot or imbecile aren't offering a well-meaning, competent diagnosis, undermining their value altogether...
Buzz Lightyear said:
Commenting on Sid's preparation to "operate":
I don't believe that man has ever been to medical school...!
 
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Just took wais 4 last month.....my processing speed was 77 but everything else was 98 or 99.9. My verbal comprehension was greater than 99.9 and my non verbal was 98..memory 99. I have a spread of 22 points on processing speed....my future sessions with my doctor will be explaining more of what this means for me, so i will update this thread as i glean more information. Also, i think i tend towards pattern thinking as i notice patterns of principles from one subject matter to another.
 
The average came to 145...which mensa says qualifies to become a member.
Turns out the national office of Mensa is not even 20 miles away from my house. I wanted to hand deliver my paperwork, instead of trusting to the mail for a 20 minute trip. I called and spoke to someone in membership processing to ask when a good time to stop by and drop off my application and pay my fee. .....she was completely baffled by the idea of accepting a membership application via any method other than to mail it. I don't know if it's my mental inflexibility or if I'm worried that Mensa hasn't updated their process to include electronically processing applications, or even fax. ..or person to person delivery......

But i just can't bring myself to mail the damn application.

I guess that makes me the Stubborn type of genius.
 
Just took wais 4 last month.....my processing speed was 77 but everything else was 98 or 99.9. My verbal comprehension was greater than 99.9 and my non verbal was 98..memory 99. I have a spread of 22 points on processing speed....my future sessions with my doctor will be explaining more of what this means for me, so i will update this thread as i glean more information. Also, i think i tend towards pattern thinking as i notice patterns of principles from one subject matter to another.
Are those WAIS IQ scores, or are they percentiles? (It makes a difference.) If those are percentiles, that is actually a 35 point spread. You only have one outlier. The other three are about 15 points apart.

My highest is about the same, but my lowest is a little lower.
 
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Even if I'm a genius, I don't think I can be categorized so easily. I definitely like to think of myself as brilliant, clever, creative, but as others have said it's a thing to be conferred by others. Maybe some day I'll be able to use my abilities for the betterment of myself and society, but right now I'm in a bit of a funk so I dunno.
 
Not true. There are objective standards. Being both Aspergers AND gifted, I get called both retarded AND Einstein by the fickle masses.
I have been called both, also. It seems that if you say something that others don't understand then they may very well just assume you are stupid. I think it's a self defense mechanism for brittle egos. ..if they cant understand it, then someone must be an idiot and their brain can't handle the thought that it might be them.
I have also been accused of trying to sound smart. I find that funny because i had just woken up for the day, and i was hungover, as well. I was mentally processing at a very slow speed, relatiively speaking. Even at my low setting i can't pass as normal. But now, I'm not even going to try to pass as normal.
 
Even at my low setting i can't pass as normal. But now, I'm not even going to try to pass as normal.
Whenever I am asked if I am "in the closet" about being a geek or Aspie, I point out that I can't get the closet door to stay shut, even if I wanted to...
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I have a "genius IQ" but really, what you're describing is more of a savant skill type of thing. I'm generally good at understanding how things work aka, the patterns in which things "work/come to be" so everything is generally easy to understand, including music, fashion, mathematics, learning languages, etc. That's what being a genius or having a genius IQ is. Being a "fashion genius" for example uh, is very different and very debatable. Overall, being creative relies on way way way more than just "was I original when I did this?" lol. The only thing I can admit people being nominated geniuses of would be something absolutely concrete like an image reproduction skill or w/e.

It's just so hard to define what it means that I think it's really hard to call myself as a genius of anything in specific or anyone else for that matter. Also, because, execution of certain things is actually more about how much time you spend doing it (as in an instrument) than anything else. It's all muscle memory. You could even have golden hearing but if you don't know how to play an instrument/have bad vocal chords/don't even like to play instruments then, y'know, would you not be considered a genius?

Hard question, nearly impossible to answer if it isn't to say "I do maths without a calculator like a mad man" or "I'm a chameleon of languages who needs no more than a week to learn all of it".
 
I have the knack.
Extreme intuition about all things mechanical and electrical, and utter social ineptitude. That pretty much sums it up.

 
People think I'm the Mad Scientist, I have several Tesla Coils, other dangerous electrical toys.
 
Genius tactician/strategist
Genius long term memory (if that can relate to intelligence)
Genius researcher
Genius detective
Genius Analytical skills

Nothing academic though or anything that turns thoughts in pounds or dollars :(
 

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