[ExI] high quality minds
David Lubkin
lubkin at unreasonable.com
Wed Sep 12 00:55:46 UTC 2018
I wrote:
>I would not use genius for anything other than an achievement of
>thought. There are no genius actors, musicians, dancers, athletes,
>painters, etc. They can be fantastic but they're not geniuses.
William Flynn Wallace replied:
>I would certainly like to know how these achievements were done
>without thought.
I did not say they were. Any more than I said they were done without
gas exchange or peristalsis. That thought was present doesn't make
something an achievement *of* thought.
Why did you pose your question if you were going to dismiss a
thoughtful response with a smartass quip?
-- David.
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