Guest ajc Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Nobody in investing should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
Ian L Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 It depends upon what percentage of humanity should be called genius. Certain high IQ organisations would have us call each person testing in the top 2% a genius, with others having a much higher level required. I would call Buffett a genius, but it is subjective.
RichardGibbons Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Nobody in investing should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. This is fun. I wonder, if Einstein near the end of his life decided to open a hedge fund, would he never have been a genius, stopped being a genius, or some other option? We should probably make a list of occupations that are unable to have geniuses, just in case a genius wants to change jobs, but doesn't want to lose their title of genius. I wonder if there was a certain time period before which it wasn't possible to be a genius then. Like, it wasn't possible to be a genius before the Renaissance because no jobs existed which qualified for the "genius" title. Except Ancient Greece, Rome, and Persia, because they had some guys with cool jobs. So, we had geniuses, they all went away, then they all came back.
Guest ajc Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Nobody in investing should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. This is fun. I wonder, if Einstein near the end of his life decided to open a hedge fund, would he never have been a genius, stopped being a genius, or some other option? We should probably make a list of occupations that are unable to have geniuses, just in case a genius wants to change jobs, but doesn't want to lose their title of genius. I wonder if there was a certain time period before which it wasn't possible to be a genius then. Like, it wasn't possible to be a genius before the Renaissance because no jobs existed which qualified for the "genius" title. Except Ancient Greece, Rome, and Persia, because they had some guys with cool jobs. So, we had geniuses, they all went away, then they all came back. I have no idea. I just think the original Theismann line is pretty funny. For me, it's up there with Tony Galento's thoughts on Shakespeare.
Jurgis Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Nobody in investing should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. LOL. Especially how this went "whooosh" for some people. ;D
Tim Eriksen Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Nobody in investing should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. LOL. Especially how this went "whooosh" for some people. ;D This article explains a bit was Theismann was possibly saying. http://cohn.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/11126/albert-einstein-vs-norman-einstein/ Theismann couldn't have been a dummy. He changed the pronunciation of his name to rhyme with Heisman to try and win the trophy.
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