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Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by paulpauper on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:04PM (#12444494)
I think you qualify as a genius. The technical definition of 'genius' is someone with a high-IQ (usually above 140), although the definition has since been modified to mean someone who accomplishes something of significant creative merit.
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Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by magicalist on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:42PM (#12444842)
> The technical definition of 'genius' is someone with a high-IQ (usually above 140)

according to who? The best I can find is that a particular IQ test (the Stanford-Binet test) used that definition from 1916 to 1937[1]. Might be time to update your sources :P

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius#IQ_and_genius

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