Dean Simonton || The Science of Genius

The Psychology Podcast

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Science, Social Sciences

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Today it’s great to have Dean Keith Simonton on the podcast. Dean is distinguished professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California Davis. His well over 500 single author publications focus on topics such as genius, creativity, aesthetics, and leadership. In 2018, MIT Press published his book The Genius Checklist but he has also published many other books on these various topics of genius, leadership, and aesthetics. I just want to personally say his book, Greatness: Who Makes History and Why, is one of the major books that inspired me to go into the field that I’m in today.

Topics:

· Dean’s interest in genius, creativity, and leadership

· The historiometic approach

· Child prodigies and the savant syndrome

· Dean’s schooling years

· Can late bloomers become geniuses?

· Fame and creativity in the age of social media

· Using the equal odds rule to create a masterpiece

· Grit and openness to experience predict genius

· Dean’s solo publications and collaborations

· Re-analysis of Cox’s data on geniuses

· The IQs of Mozart, Cervantes, and Shakespeare

· Scientific genius vs. artistic genius

· The mad-genius paradox

· US Presidents’ IQ scores and leadership

· Variability and the role of talent in mastery

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0:00.0	Today, it's great to have Dean Keith Simonton on the podcast.
0:18.3	Dean is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California
0:22.2	in Davis.
0:23.8	His well over 500 single author publications focus on topics such as Genius, Creativity,
0:30.2	Aesthetics, and Leadership.
0:32.3	In 2018, MIT Press published his book, The Genius Checklist, but he has also published
0:37.6	many other books on these topics, on these various topics of Genius and Leadership and
0:42.3	Aesthetics.
0:43.3	And I want to just personally say his book, Greatness, Who Makes History and Why, is one
0:49.0	of the major books that inspired me to go into the field that I'm in today.
0:53.2	So Dean, it is just such an honor to chat with you today.
0:56.1	Well, that's great.
0:57.1	Finally, be able to do this.
0:59.1	Thanks God.
1:00.1	Finally.
1:01.1	Finally.
1:02.1	You know, I remember we were on a cruise ship with my dad, maybe over a decade ago.
1:10.2	And the only thing I wanted to do was sit in the cabin and read your book, Greatness.
1:14.4	Sit in our room, sit in our room.
1:17.6	My dad's like, don't you want to go to the shows and the buff phase?
1:21.5	And I was just captivated by this book and I still have my copy with all of my underlines
1:25.7	and circles.
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