"When a true genius appears in the world…"

it's a very good quote. I can think of somebody the dunces are in confederacy against.

Because I'm overqualified and awesome, I suppose!!!

How isolated a genius must feel...understanding things that others do not...unable to communicate with peers of lesser intelligence, which would be most everyone else...called crazy because others don't understand what he or she is talking about...called stupid because he or she is different...and much more.

all the great minds of history were probably relegated to the fate you mention. And that as much as we praise and admire the works of the great minds of this world we would do better to search out the works of those who were not well known and who perhaps suffered needlessly at the hands of ignorance. Or something along those lines. Always kinda stuck with me.

We all have great thoughts and this media makes it possible to discuss those thoughts and ideas. Poe would've loved this, eh?

"....search out the works of those who were not well known ...."

A whole lot of geniuses find their way here, and life becomes good again.

a lot of people at genius level who don't know it and wouldn't believe it if you told them.

I once considered jamming a pencil in my nose in middle school.Everyone there wanted to talk about tv shows and how cute so and so was.I felt so far from them and I was bullied bad,but sometimes it is a curse to be over intelligent.It sucks when no one understands.

I coulda been a Mensa contender!

K & R