Posted on 03/11/2011 10:38:44 AM PST by Pharmboy
I thought that perfect geniuses (genii?) were fortunate souls who were born without the glitches that the rest of us have in our hardwiring.... You know the type: intellectually and athletically (sp?) superior.
I believe there is a link between extreme nearsightedness in some people and genius. The gene is dominant. So in a family with four children, when one parent has the gene in full force and is both very nearsighted and a genius, there will be, statistically, two very nearsighted geniuses, one somewhat nearsighted half genius, and one nongenius who is not nearsighted at all. I happen to know a family with exactly that pattern. When you think of it in evolutionary terms, it makes sense, as the intelligence compensates for the poor eyesight. These things are always more complex than this simple explanation, I should add.
I actually think it’s something children do well, and adults have a harder time at.
If it is genetic, then we are headed for IDIOCRACY faster than we know.
:’)
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