This conversation was triggered by the Aeon article, “How to be a Genius,” by
Craig Wright (https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-we-learn-from-the-secret-habits-of-genius). The discussion evolved into: “Helping the young develop valuable mental capacities.”
The terms genius, prodigy, gifted person, and talented person denote
individuals that society recognises as highly capable along some dimension of life — music, painting, dance, mathematics, physics, technological inventions, management, communication, and so on. But the terms talent and gift describe an individual’s potential to achieve high levels of accomplishment.
The post session notes could be found here:
https://www.thinq.education/post/saturday-conversations
