20、 Obama
A2 Basic US 13086 Folder Collection
After playing the video, you can click or select the word to look it up in the dictionary.
Loading...
Report Subtitle Errors
What does "genius" mean, to me?
I think there are many brilliant people
in the world, many people who are very, very intelligent.
So I think it has to do with a line of dialogue
that I think we have in the first episode, which is
"A genius is not just answering questions but asking questions
that nobody else thought to ask."
You don't need to raise your hand to speak here, Albert.
There's a particular thing that happens to you when
you watch people do something that they're
really, really good at.
It's a sensation.
It's like a-- it can be a six-year-old kid drawing
something, or it can be a painter,
like, applying wall color, but they're just very, very good.
You kind of know whenever you witness somebody being really,
really excellent at something.
It's a profound experience to be able to be around it, you know?
And I think that, to me, really, is--
watching somebody doing something special.
Unless we can define time--
Most people would agree that, whoever the geniuses are--
and you could say it's the people that can combine ideas
that are staring everyone else in the face,
but they somehow connect something that no one's even thought about.
Like Mozart's metronome.
GEOFFREY RUSH: I found the quote that Schopenhauer made.
He has this great quote where he says "Talent hits a target that no one else can hit.
Genius hits a target that no one else can see."
Close your eyes.
And then, if you apply that to someone
like Einstein, he would engage in what he
called "thought experiments."
He'd just let his mind wander and drift off and speculate
about what in them.
He was always obsessed, right from his youth--
what if I could travel as fast as the speed of light?
What would light look like, next to me?
Now, I'm imagining that the ball
is traveling in deep space.
The most elegant answer to the question of "what is a genius"
was given to me by Ron Howard.
Scientists, they live in the light of knowledge.
They're working, and they're refining their knowledge,
and they're testing things, all the time.
Some scientists operate at the edge of the light,
where the dark is, which--
nobody knows what's in the dark.
But a tiny number of scientists jump right into the dark
and create their own light, around them.
It's a combination of vision and absolute determination
that you're right, that you're totally
convinced that this leap into the dark that you've made
is right.
And Einstein definitely qualifies.
And that--
--to the sun!
--to me, is genius.
I have another question.
    You must  Log in  to get the function.
Tip: Click on the article or the word in the subtitle to get translation quickly!

Loading…

A2 Basic US

What Does 'Genius' Mean? | Genius

13086 Folder Collection
韓澐 published on June 24, 2017    Clément translated    Colleen Jao reviewed

Learning Words

loading

Comments

Loading…
More Recommended Videos

  1. 1. Search word

    Select word on the caption to look it up in the dictionary!

  2. 2. Repeat single sentence

    Repeat the same sentence to enhance listening ability

  3. 3. Shortcut

    Shortcut!

  4. 4. Close caption

    Close the English caption

  5. 5. Embed

    Embed the video to your blog

  6. 6. Unfold

    Hide right panel

  1. Listening Quiz

    Listening Quiz!

  1. Click to open your notebook

  1. UrbanDictionary 俚語字典整合查詢。一般字典查詢不到你滿意的解譯，不妨使用「俚語字典」，或許會讓你有滿意的答案喔