Linus Pauling
I'm not saying he is a genius. A colossal t**t yes. But is there some genius in his plans...
Trump !
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Very much flawed. Though he is a billionaire, so he's good at something.
Though he is a billionaire, so he's good at something.
He was born a billionaire.
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One seriously complex and broken dude, but man could he climb a mountain, even without "assistance"
Oliver Reed.
RM.
One seriously complex and broken dude, but man could he climb a mountain, even without "assistance"
Considering he was on the hot sauce even as an amateur, I don't think thats a conclusion that can be drawn.
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Unfortunately in his case his biggest flaw was being a ****. Unfortunately, so much of one that the flaws overrode his talent to the point where ten other people wouldn't be in the same team as him.
If whoever that^ is forgets how the tune goes he'll need a mirror to see his cheat-notes* and then, surely, play it backwards.
Not well thought out - is this his flaw?
*I see what I did there 
Colin McRae
William Blake
Oliver Cromwell
yunki - Member
His flaws?Participating in THE least entertaining sport on earth
What, he played darts?
Anyway, it isn't the particular enterprise that a person is involved with that makes them flawed, it's the fact that they were particularly good at whatever they did, despite having significant character flaws that went against their abilities, so I'd say Spike Milligan and Tony Hancock.
Woody Allen
John Martyn
Whose the guitarist?
Kurt Gödel.
Overturned the foundations of mathematics, then starved to death because he was too paranoid of being poisoned to eat anything.
bikebouy - Member
Whose the guitarist?
John Martyn
Ain't that the truth! So sad, he could be brilliant, but he could be embarrassingly bad; saw him once when he was so drunk he was almost incoherent.
Gerry Rafferty had similar problems with the drink, too.
Has anyone said Alan Turing? A true genius, whose flaw wouldn't make a bit of difference today, but led to his untimely death back then.
One wonders what else he could have brought to light in computer/mathematics science had he lived.
Good read, thatHicksy - Member
Gene Middlebrooks
Jimmy Savile?
In you own head you must be hilarious
Jay Adams.
Going back through some climbing books lately and had forgotten these chaps.
John Redhead
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and also Derek Hersey aka Dirty Derek
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George Best
Mark E Smith
Agree with John Martyn and John Redhead.
How about Doug Moller?
Jim Morrison.
Eric Morecambe.
Bill Hicks.
Peter Cook.
Diego Maradonna
Mike Tyson
Oh, Peter Green of course.
Nikolai Tesla
Sir Isaac Newton
Edward Tellar
Casey Stoner
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Has to be Hunter S Thompson for me, a genius (but character flawed) wordsmith
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3:00 p.m. rise
3:05 Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills
3:45 cocaine
3:50 another glass of Chivas, Dunhill
4:05 first cup of coffee, Dunhill
4:15 cocaine
4:16 orange juice, Dunhill
4:30 cocaine
4:54 cocaine
5:05 cocaine
5:11 coffee, Dunhills
5:30 more ice in the Chivas
5:45 cocaine, etc., etc.
6:00 grass to take the edge off the day
7:05 Woody Creek Tavern for lunch-Heineken, two margaritas, coleslaw, a taco salad, a double order of fried onion rings, carrot cake, ice cream, a bean fritter, Dunhills, another Heineken, cocaine, and for the ride home, a snow cone (a glass of shredded ice over which is poured three or four jiggers of Chivas.)
9:00 starts snorting cocaine seriously
10:00 drops acid
11:00 Chartreuse, cocaine, grass
11:30 cocaine, etc, etc.
12:00 midnight, Hunter S. Thompson is ready to write
12:05-6:00 a.m. Chartreuse, cocaine, grass, Chivas, coffee, Heineken, clove cigarettes, grapefruit, Dunhills, orange juice, gin, continuous pornographic movies.
6:00 the hot tub-champagne, Dove Bars, fettuccine Alfredo
8:00 Halcyon
8:20 sleep
Hang on, nobody seems to have mentioned this chap:
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I'm not sure I'd ever describe a cyclist (not a road cyclist anyway) as a sporting genius. It seems to be an accolade more usually applied in sports with a strong technical aspect.
Maybe Jimi Hendrix should've had a mention by now...
I'm not sure I'd ever describe a cyclist (not a road cyclist anyway) as a sporting genius. It seems to be an accolade more usually applied in sports with a strong technical aspect.
Road cycling does have a strong technical aspect, especially with the tactics, descending, the skill of riding in a peloton. However, you're wrong.
Jimi Hendrix +1, though his flaw seems to have been dying young 🙁
My nomination, Mike Tyson.
Struggling to see where Hendrix was flawed, off-stage he lived a pretty ordinary domestic life in London with his then girlfriend.
Ah sorry, pretty normal to die choking on your own vomit.
DezB: Choking on your own vomit doesn't strike me as a character flaw, or being representative of one particularly?
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jimi-hendrix-sharon-lawrence/1103370570#productInfoTabs
This is a fantastic book about Jimi Hendrix, very intimate and human, with new details about his death not previously known (afaik). 'Jimi Hendrix, the Man, the Magic, the Truth.'
Jeez, ok ffs perfect character trait, being hooked on barbituates. Later, I'll go through all the posts in the thread and point out which I think are not geniuses. 🙄
One: Amy Whinehouse - as far from 'genius' it's possible to be. Average, jazz singer impressionist, wrote a couple of reasonable songs, mostly a covers singer.
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