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0 pointsdkarapetyan9y ago0 comments

I mean as a complex biological system phenomenon genius is unstable a bit like unstable weather phenomenon. We don't have windstorms all the time but every so often global currents and temperatures line up and we get one. I imagine genius is a bit like that at the genetic level.

I think genius can be nurtured and as a society we can make better use of all our geniuses but I don't think it can be taught. It really has to do with brain wiring and although much of it is plastic some of the defaults can't be changed and those default settings are usually the ones that make or break a genius.

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contingencies9y ago

So you think genius is genetic, but mystically uninheritable? Interesting perspective.

dkarapetyanOP9y ago

There is nothing mystical about it. It is possible for something to be genetically predetermined without being heritable in any meaningful way because the underlying genetic patterns are unstable. Going back to my windstorm example, windstorms don't last long because the energy inherent in the storm basically rips it apart.

You keep glossing over that fact for some reason.

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contingencies9y ago

So you think genius is genetic, but mystically uninheritable? Interesting perspective.

dkarapetyanOP9y ago

You keep glossing over that fact for some reason.

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