天才

天才^[1]^[2]（英語：Genius）指某人展現了卓越的智力、創意。而此創意則通常指在某一或某些領域展現前所未有的洞察力。有天才在風格和獨創性規限創造性的高效率，普遍性。在科學上，對天才兩個字並沒有準確的定義。天才這個用語模稜兩可，也依舊是頗受爭論的議題。天才可以形容一個人的某種特殊才能，也可以用在通曉各方面的學識博學家（通才），例如：亞里斯多德、萊布尼茲、艾薩克·牛頓、李奧納多·達文西、高斯、尤拉、龐加萊，或是一個領域的佼佼者，例如：阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦、張愛玲、史蒂芬·霍金、莫札特。

參考資料

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