| For today's topic we take you to the subject of the | | | | what I do for a living. You did say "GIFT" (indicating |
| all elusive creative genius and not only the creative | | | | born with or given too, thus from genetics or might |
| genius but the Eminent Achiever Creative Genius, the | | | | be considered by a religious person; from a god) and |
| most mysterious of all personality types. They are | | | | I wonder about the "Edison Gene" commentaries |
| intriguing to us as they include such names as | | | | prevalent on this topic myself. Still it appears to me |
| Leonardo da Vinci, Bill Gates and Albert Einstein. | | | | that even if someone is born with the genius genes |
| The term eminent achiever creative genius is for the | | | | or passed along viruses, defect, etc, that they still |
| most part self-explanatory and the summation | | | | need the environment to allow it to foster itself. |
| relevant and yet categorizing is something humans | | | | Nature/Nurture debate. |
| like to do, even if it often misses the boat. Each | | | | Do you believe that it is both nature and nurture or |
| individual on average may be rather easy to peg on | | | | are you convinced that this is a "gift" and/or |
| the personality chart, although not all are so simplistic; | | | | evolution has provided perhaps a % of these |
| nevertheless humans are interesting to study for | | | | individuals, thus allowing perpetual progress of the |
| study sake, they are predictable. The eminent | | | | species? Do you feel that certain societies create |
| achiever is somewhat predictable, as they will be at | | | | more of these types of people? For instance; |
| the center of innovation and always the visionary | | | | Florence in its day, Silicon Valley recently or ancient |
| behind a concept or change. | | | | Greece? |
| The Online Think Tank gets many inquiries by | | | | The clustering is of interest in that regard, although |
| researchers to find the pulse of the creative genius | | | | we see these anomalies so often, more often now. |
| as psychologists attempt to determine how they | | | | Is it due to 6.6 Billion people on the Planet or would |
| think and well, what makes them tick - is this gift an | | | | you say it is increasing as humankind needs more or |
| advantage or disadvantage asks one inquirer; is it | | | | due to density, diversity or distraction - How about |
| both? | | | | choice, freedom, liberty, democracy, human rights? |
| Excuse my reading between the lines, but that is | | | | Now its your turn, what do you think? |