The Controversy of Genius and the Story of Two Nobel Prize Winners

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The chapter discusses the exclusion of two boys from a study due to not having genius IQs, but later winning the Nobel Prize in physics. It explores the weaponized version of the IQ exam, controversy surrounding nature vs nurture on genius, and the definitions of intelligence and genius.

In this show you'll hear the first episode of a documentary series I made for Himalaya, an audio service devoted to inspirational and educational content that asked me if I had any ideas for a book that I had yet to pursue, and sure enough, I did. The series is all about the difficulty of defining the word "genius," and out of that launching point it goes deep into the science of human potential and the history of the both the word and all the ideas we have attempted to understand and express when using it.

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Exploring Genius Audio Documentary