You really can't make that claim unless you had the chance to see their IQ scores first hand. Some genius aren't so obvious. Some of them like to have a "dumb" down outward appearance. It's not that they are trying to be humble. But "dumbing" down can be a distress/relaxation mechanism to slow an "overactive" brain down. Me personally, I prefer using alcohol. Hehe.
This link has more of the same, https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/trading-for-a-living-full-time-only-income.6758/
Absolutely. Jim Simons doesn’t look too smart, and doesn’t sound extremely sophisticated, but he’s definitely a lethal weapon. Maybe he just goes “laymen” when he does those interviews.
I beg to differ. Warren Buffett is an investing genius! I don't know too many people who started out with tens of thousands and become at one point the 2nd richest person in the world! That's a sign of extreme talent and genius in his area of expertise. Nash and Hawkings are genius with respect to very academic topics. Genius is domain specific. Not just just confined to academics.
Simons graduated from MIT at 20 and a PhD at 23 from Berkeley! He won the Veblen Prize in math. His math theory is used in super string.
Warren Buffet is very talented but not a genius. Geniuses are people who are just extremely exceptional and original in their thinking and have reached such an out-of-this-world level of intelligence that people, even intelligent people are just not able to reach; they are like in a different realm altogether. And I agree geniuses are not confined to just academics but what Warren Buffet did would not qualify him as a genius; other people have done what he's done and become quite successfully.
I'm just curious, by your technical definition of 'genius'...would you consider any trader in history to fit into that category? Or, is genius in your book basically limited to scientific discoveries and super IQ's? Such as the discovery of the atom and nuclear bomb...and electricity...and telephone...and the best chess player in the world...etc etc If, for example, a trader is able to generate over 500%+ annually for the past five years...Would that be considered a "genius" in your book? Or just simply a really really 'great' trader. Let's bump that figure up to 1,000% annually, for the past 10 years...and let's hypothetically say...only .01% or .001% of the population has ever achieved that...would that then technically be called and considered to be "Genius" level?
It would depend on how he/she achieved that level of profitability. Just a number indicates nothing. People can achieve that level of profitability throughout numerous means.