Genius is talent, giftedness or insanity?

2024 Author: Miguel Ramacey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 06:11

The problem of genius is one of the unsolved mysteries to this day.

What is genius?

Genius - is the highest level of personality abilities and its creative manifestations. A person gifted with genius is very important for the development of society, because he can create a new era or make important discoveries.

It is important to note that there is no specific set of properties that a genius must possess. A person can be brilliant in one area and completely stupid in another.

By Coleridge's definition, genius is the ability to grow. The question remains whether genius is a superpower of the mind or is it a feature of the physical brain.

A true genius is distinguished by the fact that he never copies anyone, all his thoughts are unique and original. However, this is only possible if we really have a real genius, and not a person with disabilities.

Genius is quite rare. CalculatedLavater, there is one genius in one million people. However, psychologists consider genius only a kind of madness.

What are the exceptional abilities of geniuses?

It is important to note that the abilities that geniuses are endowed with are also characteristic of lunatics. These are abilities such as hypersensitivity, unconsciousness of creativity, rapid mood swings from euphoria to apathy, strong absent-mindedness, huge vanity, alcohol abuse, suicidal tendencies.

Genius and insanity - are they equivalent concepts?

Do not forget that among the geniuses there have always been and are lunatics. Also, many lunatics showed genius abilities. But don't jump to the conclusion that all geniuses are crazy. After all, such brilliant personalities as Columbus, Galileo, Michelangelo, Napoleon did not show signs of insanity.

Crazy people lack such qualities as perseverance, concentration, firmness of character, diligence, accuracy, memory. However, these qualities are inherent in all gifted geniuses.

In addition, madness usually manifests itself after 35 years, and a genius in a person is noticed from childhood. Madness is usually inherited and increases with each generation, and genius dies with its bearer. If geniuses are usually men, then insanity is equally common in both women and men.

Talent and genius. Are thesetwo concepts equivalent?

Talent and genius are human qualities that can simultaneously occur in one person. However, this is a very rare occurrence.

Talent is usually called the outstanding abilities of a person, a high degree of his giftedness in a particular area.

And genius is the highest level of talent development. It implies the creation of new inventions, creations, discoveries. Genius is the exact opposite of imitation, it's always something new and great.

Scientists say that each person has a huge number of opportunities and abilities, but not everyone uses them, and if they do, it is usually 1% of all opportunities bestowed from above.

Geniuses have always been recognized as those people who are endowed with superhuman abilities and inclinations. And such a concept as "talented children" implies only potential opportunities for personal development. Lombroso wrote that genius differs from talent in that it always manifests itself unconsciously and quite unexpectedly. Talent creates rationally, according to a well-thought-out plan of action. Geniuses are usually referred to as creative people, and talented people as intellectuals.

Be that as it may, according to Rubinstein, all the specific abilities of a person are actually various manifestations of his general ability to work and learn. Talent and genius are two unequal concepts, although they have much in common.

Relationship of concepts"giftedness", "talent", "genius"

For quite a long time "giftedness" was considered a synonym for the word "ability". However, domestic psychologists believe that giftedness is a certain number of abilities that ensure the success of any particular activity.

What are the characteristics of gifted individuals?

These are:

• non-standard perception;
• vivid imagination along with attention to detail;
• unconscious mind, intuition, ingenuity;
• divergent thinking;
• imagination;
• courage and courage.

Some researchers consider giftedness only as a natural basis of abilities along with the ability to be creative. They identify this concept with the term "talent". Others see talent as a high level of development of special abilities.

Teplov believes that talent is always versatile, which is why many poets and writers drew well, and sometimes wrote music.

And genius is a high stage of development of giftedness, which manifests itself in the final result, which carries cultural, social, scientific and historical value. Geniuses break all norms and orders and thus open a new era in their field of activity.

Summarizing, brief conclusions

In order for giftedness (talent,genius) were able to find a manifestation and begin to develop, a person must have high efficiency, motivation, dedication, knowledge and skills in a particular field of activity. Given these factors, scientists are trying to distinguish between these three concepts. Ability, genius, talent is in every person, they just need to be discovered and developed.