Were the geniuses at?

fellupahill

Are there any rain man status geniuses currently working on any fields in physics?

I mean how often does someone get categorized a genius? Is there a super genius rank?

Seems like they would be quite valuable. If any were discovered in certain countries they might even be kidnapped and extorted. The can imagine the US paying geniuses nicely to come work for them and in that case if they were working on anything important then it their employment and even existence might be kept secret. To anyone's knowledge do governments recruit geniuses pretty heavily?

Char. Limit

The official definition of "genius" is someone with an IQ over 130. That's two standard devations above the mean, or about 3% of the world's population. Ergo, there are over 200 million geniuses in the world, assuming the above is true. Given that, it's highly likely that at least some of them are working in a physics field.

micromass

Yes. But to achieve super genius rank, go through many challenges you must. After sea of doom and the river of terrors you faced, a council of geniuses will decide.

Good luck, my padawan.

berkeman

Were the geniuses at what? At the party? At the ballgame?

Jimmy Snyder

They're in my house.

berkeman

Are you having a party or a ballgame?

Jimmy Snyder

Can't talk now. I'm being kidnapped and extorted.

turbo

How many toothpicks did the waitress drop on the floor, Jimmy?

Jimmy Snyder

246 on the floor. Yeah. And 4 left in the box. Yeah.

turbo

I'm not wearing my underwear.

micromass

OK, not really something I wanted to know...

AlephZero

Some good strategies are
* Have big hair and a wild facial expression.
* Do at least one thing in your lifetime that is generally agreed to be useful.
* File lots of patents that nobody can understand (filing patents is easier than getting papers published, because patents doesn't have to make any sense).
* Make sure your name can be linked to some conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, the full genius effect doesn't usually kick in till a few years after you are dead

turbo

I get my boxer shorts at K-Mart in Cincinnati.

micromass

So: fake your death and watch everybody call you genius!!

berkeman

That's brilliant! Maybe even super brilliant!



(Uh-oh, run for it!)

jtbell

I didn't know you vas efer in Zinzinnati.

dipole

Call this the Tesla Effect.