What Does That Word Genius Really Mean?

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i don't believe in genius. Genius is simply a label that we put on people with exceptional talent, creativity, ability and so and so forth. So i'm interested in how people apply it. How do we app it? Well, genius, according to macmahan, is a place holder term,. A word we all know and use and feel like we understand but it doesn't cleanly map onto anything that is easily defined. This question, what does that word genius really mean? Slipped into my mind and would not leave after i read about one of the most famous studies in al psychology, terman's termite study.

Over the course of this audio documentary series, David McRaney explores the history and science of intelligence, IQ, and remarkable talent through interviews with dozens of intelligence experts and actual "geniuses" (a 5-year-old prodigy, the man with the highest IQ ever recorded, etc). McRaney wrestles with the complexity of GENIUS as a cultural construct and considers how we can unlock its positive potential within ourselves.

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What You'll Learn:
- The history of the word and concept of genius
- How genius gets measured and defined
- What life is like for geniuses, in the past, now and in the future

From the creator of YANSS, a new 6-part, 7-hour audio documentary exploring the science and history of the idea and word, “genius,” featuring dozens of interviews with experts and those with extraordinary talents and extreme intelligence.

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