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Please vote here if you knew there'd be a picture of Einstein[edit]

Yea: 15,253,101
Nay: 0 claims to have invented the Internet

Of course the guy had a 160 IQ and he build an atomic bomb at a young age.He is a genius.

Jokerkick (talk) 11:24, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kantian genius: orginality and exemplarity[edit]

Oxford university Press doesn't seem to be WP:NOR, expecially if it cites a primary source like the Critical of Judgement 5:308:

since there can also be original nonsense, its products must at the same time be models, i.e. exemplary, hence, while not themselves the result of imitation [Nachahmung], they must yet serve others in that way, i.e. as a standard or a rule for judging. (KU 5:308)

Why is it relevant for the WP article? Exemplarity is far different thant the originality required to the artworks of the Kantian genius. According to the current WP article, the Kantian genius has the sole duty to carry an (aesthetical) pleasure to his public. According to Kant, genius is the one who breaks the rules and creates new rules, who is imitated by other artists and whose artrworks become a new standard for the aesthetical judgment of the public. This statement is sourced by an authoritative and academic author, in an authoritative academic press, and directly through the kantian texts.

It is a relevant information and improvment for the current WP article. So it can stay in the current oldid shortened to a single row of text: "The artworks of the Kantian genius are also characterized by their exemplarity which is imitated by other artists and serve as a rule for other aesthetical judgements".

"Genially" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Genially and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 24#Genially until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Lithopsian (talk) 14:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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ordinary and peerless geniuses... and Wikipedia[edit]

Look at this video. In it Albert-László Barabási argues for two categories of genius, but more pertinently, he argues that the strongest correlation for "peerless genius" is *drumroll please* the number of Wikipedia languages the bio article has been translated to! (2:33 in the linked video) CapnZapp (talk) 17:39, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]