Anyone remember Jim Plumridge?
2007-03-20 10:10:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No. You have to be fairly smart in order to fool people into thinking you're brilliant (for an extended period of time- a lot of people who aren't extremely smart can pull it off for a short while), but you don't have to be as smart as you're trying to make people think you are. This is especially true if the people you're fooling aren't all that intelligent themselves- you'd be amazed how often people of average intelligence will assume that a person is very smart if they simply use a lot of big words.
2007-03-20 10:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Quite.
Try to think of a talent as similar to that one as possible. Would convincing someone else that your stock was more valuable than it was be a kind of genius? Of course it would. Would telling a story about some random person in such a way that he seemed to be brilliant be a kind of genius? Not only that, but I'm sure you'll have no end of famous people wanting you to write their biographies.
So why should it be not-genius just because it's self-aggrandizement? Let's not apply a double standard here. Creating a believable fictional reality IS genius, no matter what its subject happens to be.
2007-03-20 18:12:30 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes he is a genius, because he is genius at doing something-which in this case is passing himself of as a genius.
2007-03-20 19:39:46 · answer #3 · answered by Jammy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to both your questions is no &no.
Never heard of him & just because you can fool gullible people into thinking your a genius it doesn't make you one.
2007-03-21 11:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by ♫Silvi♪ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people know that they are geniuses, and maybe they are. They have an interest in the topic of geniuses from an early age. They read up on the topic, and have a sense of mission of what life holds for them in the future ; they have a sense of their own mission, they know what is in them to create, achieve and to accomplish.
2007-03-21 03:08:17 · answer #5 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question answers itself. He is a genuis. He might not be a genuis at anything 'worthy', but he is a genius at deception.
2007-03-21 09:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it works, he's at least a genius at that.
2007-03-20 17:17:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi there
Life's all about the big sell. The bigger the sell the bigger the lie! Generally we don't care much for the truth these days. its just too cheap!
Regards
idai
2007-03-20 22:21:08 · answer #8 · answered by idai 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because the masses whom he is trying to fool will not realise it (or understand this question)
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool - shun him.
He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child - teach him.
He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep - wake him.
He who knows and knows that he knows is wise - follow him.
2007-03-20 17:17:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Their catagory is bullsh!tter and its a long long away from genuine creative talent
2007-03-20 17:19:53 · answer #10 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋