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Are Genius and Madness Related?

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Agreed with the first-posted comment that the online formatting of this article into multiple pages is very annoying. That said, the article is written by one of the best researchers on the subject, and is chock full of thoughtful discussion of the primary research conducted by others over the last century. It's well worth the annoying read.

"Although intelligence is not correlated with creativity in the upper levels of the intelligence distribution, a certain minimal level of intelligence is required for exceptional creativity (Simonton, 2000). That threshold level is in the gifted range, roughly equivalent to an IQ 120. Creators do not necessarily have genius-grade IQs, but they do have sufficient information processing power to select, develop, elaborate and refine original ideas into creative contributions."

For the multi-page problem, tabs are useful.

I ususally open all subsequent pages in backgound tabs in one run, then read the article.

"Print This Page". Cute. I am so not clicking through half a dozen pages on this slow-loading iPhone.

So why am I being downvoted? For complaining that there isn't a way to view a full-length version of the article (which is important for slow mobile devices) and about the entirely useless "print this page" functinality on the site? Fine, I'll keep my thoughts to myself. I'll also come to your house and skin your puppy, because, you know, I'm a genius.

Eh, sorry. Bad day.

> "Print This Page". Cute. I am so not clicking through half a dozen pages on this slow-loading iPhone.

Clicking six times on an iPhone is way easier than typing that long-winded sentence with full punctuation and capitalization on an iPhone, wouldn't you say?

On the other hand, you have to admire people that go for full grammar, no matter how difficult it is to accomplish on the device they are using.

It would only require special effort to type the double quotes. The iPhone will fix capitalization for you, including converting iphone to iPhone.

Why are criminal masterminds often admired in certain ways? From Donny Ocean to Madoff, people appreciate the ability to "pull it off".

Sorry it's only somewhat related.

" From Donny Ocean to Madoff, people appreciate the ability to "pull it off"."

Madoff was simply a crook with a bigger opportunity than most, not a mastermind.

I would say the scale at which he pulled it off made him a mastermind.

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