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Who was the most flawed genius of all time?

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  • #32
    John Doe1
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    Mario Balotelli:D


  • #33
    Senna
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    I'm going to say me, had it not been for sear laziness i could have revolutionist the world as we know it.


  • #34
    ziggy
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #35
    Schism
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    Senna wrote: »
    I'm going to say me, had it not been for sear laziness i could have revolutionist the world as we know it.

    But you are lazy right?

    How about Kurt Cobain? Does he fall into this category?


  • #36
    TeddyTedson
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    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Mario Balotelli:D
    I think he's just flawed:D
    A bit of a legend though


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  • #37
    al28283
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    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    Khan Noonien Singh


    KHHHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN????????????????


  • #38
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Schism wrote: »
    But you are lazy right?

    How about Kurt Cobain? Does he fall into this category?
    Oh yea most definitely.


  • #39
    ronnie3585
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    Ronnie O'Sullivan.


  • #40
    krudler
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    Tony Stark


  • #41
    Bruthal
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    Shryke wrote: »
    Tesla. He had many quirks but what let him down was that he was decent and good in a world full of pricks.

    He was the first I thought of when I seen the thread title. Judging by today`s world, he would still have the same let down as in his own time.


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  • #42
    Bruthal
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    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Ronnie O'Sullivan.

    The best thats ever played his particular game in my opinion, and I would have the same opinion of Maradona who has been mentioned also.


  • #43
    Chuck Stone
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    Twink.


  • #44
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Brendan O'Carroll, (he's a member of mensa, don'cha know)


  • #45
    Capt'n Midnight
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    MsQuinn wrote: »
    Columbo - gammy eye
    no he didn't


  • #46
    plasmaguy
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    It's a total myth that Hitler was genius, he was anything but, he was an uneducated beerhall thug for the most part who brought the German people to their knees rather than helped them.

    His constant interfering cost Germany the war.

    He made mistake after mistake including badly treating the people he conquered who eventually rose up against him.

    There are so many examples of his stupidity its beyond a joke.


  • #47
    Richard Hillman
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    Axl Rose


  • #48
    mikemac1
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    Mussolini, made the trains run on time

    I've been to Italy and they are worse then CIE for price gouging the tourist routes, dirty trains and constantly being late

    So it was quite an achievement to kick the railway companies into shape

    He had a few flaws though


  • #49
    oranbhoy67
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    An intresting thread , but stop with the star trek characters already u saddos


  • #50
    paddy kerins
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    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Mussolini, made the trains run on time

    I've been to Italy and they are worse then CIE for price gouging the tourist routes, dirty trains and constantly being late

    So it was quite an achievement to kick the railway companies into shape

    He had a few flaws though

    Aaaiiiiieeeeeeee, not true

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions#Modern_history fifth one down


  • #51
    Sharpshooter
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    LordSmeg wrote: »
    Alan Turing was another one who got a raw deal. Poor old sod caught the ghey and it all went downhill.

    Mod

    He wasn't flawed though, can we stay on topic.


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  • #52
    Schism
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    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Axl Rose

    He's just an enormous arsehole, in my opinion.


  • #53
    goodie2shoes
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    shane magowan:p


  • #54
    Oranage2
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    I vote TeddyTedson - no doubt a genius the suffers from the mental!


  • #55
    Shryke
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    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    LordSmeg wrote: »
    Alan Turing was another one who got a raw deal. Poor old sod caught the ghey and it all went downhill.

    Mod

    He wasn't flawed though, can we stay on topic.

    Sorry but you're wrong. He was flawed for the time he was living in. It caused him great pain and drove him to suicide due to cultural climate etc.
    It want something that was wrong with him. Not a personal flaw, but a flaw for the time he lived in. mores the pity.
    No need for knee jerk reaction.


  • #56
    Sharpshooter
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    Shryke wrote: »
    Sorry but you're wrong. He was flawed for the time he was living in. It caused him great pain and drove him to suicide due to cultural climate etc.
    It want something that was wrong with him. Not a personal flaw, but a flaw for the time he lived in. mores the pity.
    No need for knee jerk reaction.

    No knee jerk at all, in this the present day, he wasn't flawed.:)


  • #57
    Napper Hawkins
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    plasmaguy wrote: »
    It's a total myth that Hitler was genius, he was anything but, he was an uneducated beerhall thug for the most part who brought the German people to their knees rather than helped them.

    His constant interfering cost Germany the war.

    He made mistake after mistake including badly treating the people he conquered who eventually rose up against him.

    There are so many examples of his stupidity its beyond a joke.

    So?

    You can be those things and still a genius. He still almost took over Europe with his ideals. You give that a shot and see how easy it is. I'll wait. A scumbag and may he rot, but definitely a genius.

    In fact, a genius is more likely to possess these traits than the average schmuck.

    Mistakes?

    Mistakes do not make an individual any less of a genius, merely human.


  • #58
    beano345
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    the unabomber


  • #59
    donegal_man
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    Richard Wagner. Genius: Composed some of the most transcendentally beautiful music of all time and revolutionized the way opera is performed.
    Flawed: Exploited his friends especially Giacomo Meyerbeer who lent him the money to stage Rienzi, his first success and who was later abused horribly in Wagner's writings. Was so convinced of his own superiority to others that he alienated virtually everyone who came in contact with him and of course an avowed and virulent anti-semite.


  • #60
    mikemac1
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    Steve Jobs

    One of the most succusful business executives of all time

    I read the Walter Isaacson book about him and he was whining, petty and childish asshole

    Was given up for adoption which had a huge affect on his life.
    And then when he became a parent he walked out and abandoned his daughter, what a ****.

    Would daily range from screaming to crying to everything inbetween.
    HTFU man and keep your emotions in check

    Finished that book and pretty much every bad habit and personality trait that I hate, Jobs had it

    However as someone said on boards a few months back, nice people don't make it to the top of corporations. Nice people get nice results was a quote somewhere.
    You need to ruthless, power hungry and possibly cruel to get there


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  • #61
    St.Spodo
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    Hitler was anything but a genius in military terms. His early military successes were the work of his general such as von Manstein. Hitler made some monumental mistakes during the war. In terms of genius, you could argue his genius lay in speaking and his ability to ensure the loyalty and support of the masses, although fear and terror played a part in this.


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