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Do you know any geniuses (or are you one)? What is it like to have exceptional intellectual ability?

Asked by Blackberry (33958points) June 7th, 2011

The savant question reminded me of something I had been thinking about awhile ago. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have superior intellectual ability. Some call it “Genius”, but I don’t know what the politically correct term would be.

I’m referring to people like Nikola Tesla, Einstein, Kim Peek, etc. What challenges do people like this face with these abilities? Is more of a gift, or a curse? Or, what about people that may be a step down, that are just prodigies?

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