Can a Non-Genius Write a Convincing Genius Character?

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Usain Bolt in the picture looks like he is playing checkers with the chess pieces.
 
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mpresic3 said:
Usain Bolt in the picture looks like he is playing checkers with the chess pieces.

Wow, you totally called it.
 
Office_Shredder said:
Wow, you totally called it.
And it is still a nonsensical position. White is making its second move before black has moved once.
 
That is OK. I think unlike chess, the dark pieces move first in checkers?
 
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cybernetichero said:
.So can a merely bright person (convincingly) write a genius character?

Are you talking about convincing readers who are non-geniuses?
 
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Genius is really a label that’s meaningful only in retrospect. I think there are acts or contributions of genius, as people not so much. There are many very smart people who never contribute anything of note.