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Who is a genius

1.Who is a genius? This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.

2.Let's state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself.

3.Why is it that some people are so much more intelligent or creative than the rest of us? And who are they?

4.In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin.

5.Perhaps this is not a surprise. It's said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for admission to the genius club.

6.When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of a different color or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.

7.A study recently published by Science found that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that members of their gender are “really, really smart.” 

8.Even worse, the study found that girls act on that belief: Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” 

9.Can our planet afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up? It doesn't take a genius to know the answer: absolutely not.

10.Here's the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we're all positioned to see flashes of genius wherever they appear.

11.And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius.

12.As a writer says, future geniuses come from those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance, and simple good fortune, who are able to change the world.”

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谁是天才

1.谁是天才?几个世纪以来，这个问题一直引起人类极大的兴趣。

2.让我们说清楚:爱因斯坦是个天才。他的脸几乎是天才的国际象征。但我们想超越一个人，探索天才本身的本质。

3.为什么有些人比我们其他人更聪明或更有创造力?他们是谁?

4.在科学和艺术领域，那些被称赞为天才的人通常是欧洲血统的白人男性。

5.也许这并不令人惊讶。据说历史是由胜利者书写的，这些胜利者制定了进入天才俱乐部的标准。

6.当俱乐部之外的天才——女性、不同肤色或信仰的人——做出贡献时，他们不被承认，被其他人拒绝。

7.《科学》杂志最近发表的一项研究发现，在6岁的时候，女孩比男孩更不可能说自己的性别成员“真的、真的很聪明”。

8.更糟糕的是，研究发现，女孩们的行为正是基于这种信念:大约六岁时，她们开始避免那些据说是“非常非常聪明”的孩子才会参加的活动。

9.我们的星球能承受得起任何伟大的思想家变得气馁和放弃吗?不需要天才也能知道答案:绝对不是。

10.这里有个好消息。在一个全球通信不断的有线世界里，我们都有能力看到天才的闪光，无论他们出现在哪里。

11.我们观察得越多，就越会发现，性别、种族和阶级等社会因素并不能决定天才的出现。

   12.正如一位作家所说，未来的天才来自那些拥有“智慧、创造力、毅力和简单的好运气，能够改变世界的人。”