To be special became so much curent nowadays than being ordinary people became special which is not possible as special is the oposit of common.
But how to be extraordinary ? Beautifull face, rich, nobel priced, having a hifi that sounds good, finally ?
Nah, what makes you a very special personne is to have... nukes !
But how to be extraordinary ? Beautifull face, rich, nobel priced, having a hifi that sounds good, finally ?
Nah, what makes you a very special personne is to have... nukes !
If you mean unusually good at something or other: originality, creativity and dedication to a certain subject presumably also have something to do with it.
In some cases, autism or at least autistic traits also help. I don't believe Albert Einstein would ever have come up with the theories of relativity without it. I could write similar comments about Alan Turing, Bill Tutte, Jeremy Bentham and Greta Thunberg.
Einstein had two brains with his wife... Certainly more a two people plan than an autistic journey.
Is she the first one who was a top mathematician ?
Some say the reading of the numerous patents developed his imagination perhaps, go figure !
Do you smell guys the epiginetic coming into the discussion 😗 .
After all Einsteins' children were less special. But why should we care? Special is in the eyes of the beholder, certainly not universal but more cultural or simply : not common; like to be special silly like IQ 40
Some say the reading of the numerous patents developed his imagination perhaps, go figure !
Do you smell guys the epiginetic coming into the discussion 😗 .
After all Einsteins' children were less special. But why should we care? Special is in the eyes of the beholder, certainly not universal but more cultural or simply : not common; like to be special silly like IQ 40
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As far as I know, he was never married to a mathematician, although it could very well be that his physicist first wife was good at mathematics.
Sorry, but I find that whole idea that someone is "a really special person" to be rather abhorrent.
Everyone is different and just because someone has a very high IQ or some other very strong ability does not make them a special person. Exceptional perhaps, but special no.
Albert Einstein's son, Hans Albert Einstein, became an engineer, while his grandson, Bernhard Caesar Einstein, became a physicist.
However, the least said about Alfred, his MAD great-grandson, the better!
Actually, Einstein's son Eduard was mentally ill, and confined to an institution for most of his life.
I've the following to begin with: please note that in Italian "il proprio vissuto" is translated in English with "your own experience", but it is not exactly the meaning that it has in my language that instead is more relevant related to something as "what you have lived since your first steps".
Having said the above, in my opinion, one’s own judgments or views depend largely on "the way", "the how" they have lived, so there is not too much to reply to such a situation.
However, the fact is that being a special person was not and is not at all related to his IQ and/or to his knowledge here, but I would have liked to get there step by step with several opinions and views, otherwise I could have closed the whole thread by myself with a single post.
So while I do see your point, share it and then respect it I point out that it doesn’t apply here.
Just because we still have not touched the so-called "moral" qualities of a person, and that kind of quality - if existing or not - may really make a difference in my view.
I find it interesting to try to understand if to a person of knowledge and intelligent and with many other qualities you can "forgive" (or not) the intellectual arrogance, the derision of the thought of others, the intolerance towards those who think differently from him, et cetera, that is almost the opposite of a "special" person.
About Albert Einstein was said a lot, but not that he was an intellectually humble person.
And that makes him really special for me, much more than his IQ.
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A friend of mine, who is an Art Buff, is of the opinion that this is actually how the World looked if you were inside Vincent's head...
Reeks of Schizophrenia to me, and in fact, the Warden at his mental asylum in Saint Remy thought he was the sanest of the 100 or so patients.
I should estimate that a considerable number of people at this forum are on the Spectrum somewhere:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time
Whatever hand of cards you get dealt, and some are more special than others, you must play it best you can. This is your responsibility. 🙂
Reeks of Schizophrenia to me, and in fact, the Warden at his mental asylum in Saint Remy thought he was the sanest of the 100 or so patients.
I should estimate that a considerable number of people at this forum are on the Spectrum somewhere:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time
Whatever hand of cards you get dealt, and some are more special than others, you must play it best you can. This is your responsibility. 🙂
Thank you, that's interesting.
Indeed, I was going to write that it seemed a useless "War of Words"...
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