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Who, living, would you class as a genius? Any Why?

  • 03-06-2011 09:05PM
    #1
    BrianJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭BrianJD


    Probably a bit low brow for our discerning After Hourish but as I currently on a listening streak, I would think Bob Dylan lyrical ability makes him a genius...:)

    Who do you think qualifies?
    And why?

    Genius (plural geniuses[1][2]) is something or someone embodying exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of unprecedented insight.


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  • #2
    Pauleta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭Pauleta


    Slash


  • #3
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Daniel O' Donnell

    What do i win?


  • #4
    Superbus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Superbus


    The original creators of 'Sister Sister'.


  • #5
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    John Hume.
    For simply doing the VERY complicated to and fro'ing for years (in the background and in public - all under serious pressure) with armed militants and their many complicated issues - and then helping in bringing them eventually to a peace table.

    Anyone that can walk the political tightrope for years and do what he had done alone, has to be a genius.
    When he was finished, he just went quietly and humbly home to rest with no bigheadness or ego-trip,
    What a man! Humble and very clever.


  • #6
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Dave Grohl.


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  • #7
    FlawedGenius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭FlawedGenius


    Me!


  • #8
    Jarrath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Jarrath


    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    Dave Grohl.

    Seconds Dave Grohl


  • #9
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Carol 'The Milf' Vorderman, and to a lesser extent, the new one with the great arse. Some of those number games they solve are amazing :P


  • #10
    BrianJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭BrianJD


    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    Dave Grohl.

    Why?


  • #11
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    Wibbs :)


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  • #12
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    Well I have been known to solve the odd crossword puzzle.


  • #13
    jdooley28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭jdooley28


    marilyn vos savont


  • #14
    Hangballlouie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭Hangballlouie


    Your sister!


  • #15
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Stephen Hawking.


  • #16
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Stephen fry. He knows everything


  • #17
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    seanybiker wrote: »
    Stephen fry. He knows everything

    So does Seanybiker :p


  • #18
    Manuel Noisy Suburbanite
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Manuel Noisy Suburbanite


    me, I'm great


  • #19
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    BrianJD wrote: »
    Probably a bit low brow for our discerning After Hourish
    BrianJD wrote: »
    but as I currently on a listening streak,

    Indeed....


  • #20
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    seanybiker wrote: »
    Stephen fry. He knows everything

    His QI elves give him a load of info though.


  • #21
    yesno1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭yesno1234


    Ed Sheeran

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran
    Brilliant music lyrically and one of the most determined people you will ever find in the music industry.


    Don't think the Youtube link is working
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWcs5H-qgQ


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  • #22
    Rubik.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Rubik.


    Messi.


  • #23
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Carol 'The Milf' Vorderman, and to a lesser extent, the new one with the great arse. Some of those number games they solve are amazing :P

    shame they have someone telling them the answer via earpiece.:p


  • #24
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    hondasam wrote: »
    shame they have someone telling them the answer via earpiece.:p

    NOOO!!! Thats Not true!!!


  • #25
    PK2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭PK2008


    Paul McCartney

    As part of the Beatles he basically revolutionised modern music


  • #26
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    hondasam wrote: »
    shame they have someone telling them the answer via earpiece.:p

    Yeah but she still has a great arse :p


  • #27
    TheUsual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭TheUsual


    Mark Zuckerberg.
    Invented 'Facebook' which does nothing at all, no cancer cure, no world peace. And he is worth 13 billion dollars.

    Now that's clever.


  • #28
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    NOOO!!! Thats Not true!!!

    is so :pac:
    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    Yeah but she still has a great arse :p

    no don't think so, probably not real :pac:


  • #29
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    jedwards mammy, she gave us them

    mammy crystal swing for giving us derek


  • #30
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Stephen Hawking.

    Lionel Messi.

    Noam Chomski.


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  • #31
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    hondasam wrote: »
    no don't think so, probably not real :pac:

    A fake arse? ;)


  • #32
    BrianJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭BrianJD


    TheUsual wrote: »
    Mark Zuckerberg.
    Invented 'Facebook' which does nothing at all, no cancer cure, no world peace. And he is work 13 billion dollars.

    Now that's clever.


    I'm not saying he got lucky but other than this what else has he done. Surely you would need a regular proof of brilliance to be considered a Genius.


  • #33
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    His QI elves give him a load of info though.

    Yes, do his short term memory is outstanding but he admits he forgets it all.


  • #34
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    A fake arse? ;)

    Yeap, the south americans do more arse jobs than boob jobs


  • #35
    TheUsual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭TheUsual


    BrianJD wrote: »
    I'm not saying he got lucky but other than this what else has he done. Surely you would need a regular proof of brilliance to be considered a Genius.

    Sorry, I was being sarcastic. He hasn't done anything to advance humans.

    The thread is in After Hours ... so Jedward will probably win the vote.


  • #36
    Krusader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Krusader


    Lionel Messi to be sure to be sure


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  • #37
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,750 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    I love Richard Branson. I don't know if he is a genius or not but I think he is an amazing man


  • #38
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    TheUsual wrote: »
    ...The thread is in After Hours ... so Jedward will probably win the vote.

    Dunno, Wagner might make a come back! :pac:


  • #39
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,305 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Corsendonk wrote: »
    Yeap, the south americans do more arse jobs than boob jobs

    Well if so, they've done a lovely job on Ms Riley !


  • #40
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    Eamon Ryan. To be part of a govt that screwed up a whole generation but to still be able to show your face in public, now that takes genius.(or a big bunch of woosies around you)

    Can I just state, while I admire his "genius", I really, really, really, really feckin don't like him. The big genius that he is.


  • #41
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Biggins wrote: »
    Dunno, Wagner might make a come back! :pac:


    forgot about wagner :pac:

    bring him back


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  • #42
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Phil Taylor


  • #43
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Ryan Giggs, he has not been mentioned all week.


  • #44
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,481 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Simon Cowell.

    Man knows how to squeeze money off the masses.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #45
    enfant terrible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    Jim Caviezel


  • #46
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    John Fruschiante


  • #47
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,750 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    Daniel Day Lewis, Roger Waters, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison


  • #48
    Deus Ex Machina
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


    Cormac McCarthy

    For me it is genuinely heartening to know that such a talent exists out there somewhere. For some reason the profound depth of his genius lends me great comfort.


  • #49
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    Celente, if its gonna be a pi55ing contest.


  • #50
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Stephen King, for freakin the head off me for over 20 years now.


  • #51
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Carol 'The Milf' Vorderman, and to a lesser extent, the new one with the great arse. Some of those number games they solve are amazing :P

    That is quite an arse


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