Read the article "How Geniuses Think."Respond to the following: Describe the author's interpretation of Genius and how it differs from conventional definitions of Genius. What are the shared strategies of geniuses? How does your Genius Hour project encourage you to use some of these strategies?
A typical genius is a person who goes out and gets a perfect score on a standardized test, or has an extremely high IQ or just being intelligent but the author describes them quite differently.The author describes genius based not on intelligence tests, but on creativity and different ways to problem solving that most people would not think of. People who are not considered genius's typically think reproductively, where these people take on problems the same way they have taken on similar problems from past experiences. They put the pieces together based on their experiences faced in the past. Genius's, however, think productively which means that they look at a problem and think of every single possible way to do it, some of their responses are very out of the ordinary and unique. Many methods are taken by genius's that separate them from the average individual. Genius's often go out and try to solve problems by not using their past experiences; they reconstruct the problem into a different way that people haven't seen before and solve it that way. Most of the genius's who have lived have made their work into visual diagrams, ways in which very little words and context is spoken or written down. Genius's often think of problems in so many different ways that writing it all down in words doesn't do its justice so they must think and describe their processes in diagrams. The author says that genius's produce their thoughts and often make goals to produce more and more as they go. Genius's combine their own ideas with other ideas to make new ideas and the process goes on and on. Genius's have the ability to connect objects and ideas that are not at all similar into great ideas that the average person is completely blind to. Genius's can draw metaphors on things that work in similar ways but are on totally different sides of the spectrum of thought; this along with everything else sets them apart from the normal individual. Genius's find ways to do trial and error over and over again until they figure out their problem or one of their errors turn into the next great invention of theirs. They are always looking to take a chance.