The case for and against genius

From: Fabrizio J. Bonsignore (fbonsignore_at_beethoven.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: 5 Oct 2004 06:07:37 -0700

P(n[IQ] > q) = k for all C(g1,g2) where k -> 0 when q -> max(IQ
t=infinite)

The probability of there being more than one great intelligence
(genius) during a generation is near zero, and of course the
probability that two ro more intelligences coincide in time and place
out of an university is near impossibility. All instances of multi
genius generation can be explained sociologically by envy. For
instance, Voltaire writing the Encyclopedia, Bacon writing
Shakespeare, Mendelssohn giving away compositions/themes to his
friends, Hegel (Kant? Fichte?) giving away ideas to other
philosophers, Heisenberg (Bohr?) in the quantum mechanics generation,
etc.

We can envision each generation as a hyperplane in the space of human
possibility where there is (at some moments in time, with certain
frequency) a high peak, global macimum, followed by other minor peaks
and a continuum varying about an average, (for the intelligence
measure, whatever it is taken).

That the works of genius get distributed, voluntarily or forcefully,
would be an expression of th euniversal motive of envy...

(The equation is just to impress! Easy way to take notes, though I
guess it can be expressed more formally in a model of gene trait
distribution along whole populations).

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