Summary Of Can We Define A Genius By Andrew Robinson

My research question, “how would one define a genius?,” was sparked by reading Andrew Robinson’s article, Can We Define A Genius? In his article, Andrew Robinson takes a look at popular examples of individuals considered to be geniuses. Robinson goes on to decide whether there is a working definition of genius or not. Robinson first lists a few famous figures such as Shakespeare, Galileo, and Einstein, then asks: what do these individuals all have in common? The most common answer appears to be that those people are all geniuses who changed the way humanity perceives the world.
Robinson mentions a few more people who are thought to have changed the way humanity perceives the world such as Pablo Picasso, Virginia Woolf, and Stephen Hawking. Some experts in the same field as Picasso, Woolf, and Hawking say that these individuals should be considered
Johnson believed that becoming a genius in a particular field is achievable through dedication. However, Robinson explains that there seems to be no definition of a genius that is agreed upon by society as a whole.
In her article, How Do You Spot a Genius, Ingrid Wickelgren examines the origins of the concept of a genius and decides whether that concept should be associated with a high IQ, extraordinary accomplishments, or creativity. Wickelgren suggests that the making of a genius has many different elements such as genetics, effort, and creativity.
Wickelgren describes one common characteristic found in most, if not all geniuses. This characteristic is “an unrestrained search for ideas without foresight into their utility,” says Wickelgren. This process encourages the hard work and research necessary to overcome difficult problems. Another trait that many geniuses possess is the ability to view the world in a way that is not constrained by preconceptions, which allows them to notice small details that most people