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Sam Maloof who makes the rocking chairs with exposed joinery? He's a marvelous craftsman but genius? I'd take Krenov over Maloof, but that's just my preference. Also, not sure Krenov's origin
How about:
T. Edison
B. Franklin
M. Anton
S. Clemens
R. Oppenheimer
I've been giving thought about Maloof and suppose I brought him up because of my love of his work and thus to use him as hopefully a catalyst for discussion.
I agree with you on S. Clemens and of course M. Anton.
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling
The word is kinda fraught, no? What's the criteria? What about Babe Ruth? Michael Jordan? Barry Bonds?
a convent using no screws, bolts, or nails. That, if it exists and still stands, could be genius - but it's a mechanical genius in one sense and might be an aesthetic genius as well.
Speaking of genius, how about Leonard Bernstein?
Beat you to it
All very talented, but psychometrically none of these people were geniuses. You are just naming famous people.
I can't tell if you're having a laugh or not?
Christopher Langan was a genius.. Amadeo Giannini was a very intelligent man..
I don't see the point of including anyone outside of mathematics and the sciences as a genius. Maybe some people like Shakespeare would qualify, but Thomas Pynchon? Robert Frost? I wouldn't even include them in a list of worthwhile writers let alone among people like Gibbs.
Good call on Witten. Weinberg should probably be up there with him too.
The hard sciences have already been well represented in the thread. One could argue that any PhD in physics is a genius in terms of raw intellectual power. But I don't think listing Mensa or physics faculty was the purpose of OP; after all, Teddy Roosevelt was included in the list.
Your view of genius is far too narrow for purposes of this thread.
All very talented, but psychometrically none of these people were geniuses. You are just naming famous people.
I can't tell if you're having a laugh or not?
Christopher Langan was a genius.. Amadeo Giannini was a very intelligent man..
G.N. Lewis
Hendrix was such a prodigy and so utterly sui generis. He couldn't read music, was self trained and just completely reinvented his instrument in a breathtaking way. There's really nobody comparable in jazz or pop music. I feel more comfortable calling him a genius than just about any other american artist.