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What definition of genius holds the highest value in society?

Poll ended at Sun Jul 23, 2023 11:01 am

One's capability to understand people
1
5%
One's understanding of academics
0
No votes
One's ability to create things of artistic value
3
14%
One's understanding of the world and the world around them
8
38%
One's ability to solve a minute problem quickly and effectively
1
5%
One's own independence and originality
3
14%
One's ability to recognize their own ignorance
5
24%
 
Total votes: 21

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Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Flession » Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:01 am

"Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can." - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Akh Uur Hoon » Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:02 pm

"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." - Frank Herbert [Voted last option]
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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Dare Shah » Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:49 pm

“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” Disputed.
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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Hanya » Sun Jul 16, 2023 2:25 pm

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by L'Orr-hui » Sun Jul 16, 2023 2:33 pm

Wisdom is as different to Intellect as Width is to Depth
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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Thaddeus » Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:05 pm

Waves pollster Dabu away.

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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Flession » Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:11 pm

Thaddeus wrote:
Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:05 pm
Waves pollster Dabu away.

"I'm much too busy for your little questionnaire."
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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Sings-With-Purpose » Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:17 pm

“His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink." - Terry Pratchett
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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Ikkit the Bastard » Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:49 pm

None of these fit for TPO Ikkit's definition.

Which is more in line with what Q told Picard at the end of "All Good Things"
"You just don't get it, do you, Jean-Luc? The trial never ends. We wanted to see if you had the ability to expand your mind and your horizons. And for one brief moment, you did."

"When I realized the paradox."

"Exactly. For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you had never considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebulae, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence."
Now, Ikkit, on the other hand, ALSO can't vote in this poll, because, well...

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Re: Deep Thoughts #1

Post by Whisper » Mon Jul 17, 2023 3:50 am

"I really like beer." - Wolverine
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