Genius is an inborn creative ability that can lead to original work.
Talent is an ability to learn to do something well.
Most people in this world are talented in something. Some are more talented than others. But not many people are actual geniuses. People who are geniuses have this God-like ability that allows them to learn something on their own, without formal education. It is something that you have since birth.
For example, Ramanujan was an Indian math genius who could easily extrapolate some of the most revolutionary math theories despite not having formal education.
Geniuses have certain insights and perspectives that they can offer to the world. They are the outliers by BIRTH. Geniuses also tend to be more lazy because they can learn things very fast without putting in actual hard work.
My younger brother is extremely talented in math and physics. But he is not a physics genius like Albert Einstein.
In my family, I am the only actual genius but my genius is in strategic prowess. I am a strategic genius, like Napoleon Bonaparte, Isoroku Yamamoto (WW2) and Zhuge Liang (Three Kingdoms). I don’t need to read Sun Tzu’s Art of War, and I can already come up with my own military theories.
These are examples of geniuses.
I am a strategic genius. (I can see the big picture easily and extrapolate a lot of unique perspectives from the world)
Terence Tao is a mathematics genius.
Mozart is a music genius.
Steve Jobs is a creative genius (his creative intuition is out of the world)
Albert Einstein is a physics genius.
Joseph Schooling is a swimming genius. He could learn swimming very fast since small, unlike Michael Phelps who relies on his raw talent and body physique.
Amos Yee is a comedy genius (though he is extremely unprincipled).
Otto Von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler are political geniuses. (They know how to manipulate their way in politics)
Lee Kuan Yew is an economic genius. (He knows how to make a country very rich)
Ip Man is a Kung fu/martial art genius. He can learn martial arts very quickly. If you ask him to master kickboxing or Muay Thai, he can acquire it very easily.
Thomas Edison is a science/invention genius. (Without access to formal education, he has the curiousity and drive to invent lots of things)
Donald Trump is a branding/marketing genius.
My ex-business partner is a business genius.
Warren Buffett is an investing genius.
Naruto and Luffy are fighting geniuses.
Oda (One Piece’s author) and Jk Rowling are storytelling geniuses.
Picasso is an art genius.
Martin Luther King is an oratory genius?
Walter White (Breaking Bad) is a chemistry genius.
Walter Model (WW2) is a defensive genius.
Mark Zuckerberg is a programming genius.
Alexander the Great and Hannibal Barca are tactical geniuses.
My point is that, there are not many geniuses in this world. Most people are either mediocre or talented in something. Actual geniuses are rare among us.
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