genius

Explicit attribution

Record the precise claim intended by calling this person a genius, without treating the label as an established fact.

1. Does genius here mean demonstrated exceptional capacity, inferred potential, an honorific or something else? definition
2. Who made this attribution, in what words and for what purpose? provenance

Bounded exceptionality

Record the specific problem classes or creative practices in which exceptionality is asserted and the period supported by evidence.

1. Which domain, subdomain or class of problems is the person claimed to approach exceptionally? definition
2. Which periods and adjacent domains fall outside the available support? boundary

Specific intellectual departure

Record the identifiable departure from established work that supports the claim, including unresolved priority disputes.

1. What specific idea, method, expression or solution is claimed to depart from established practice? definition
2. What prior work has been examined to assess whether that departure was original? provenance

Reference standard

Record the comparison group and criteria, distinguishing age-relative precocity from domain-level exceptionality.

1. Against which contemporaries, historical examples or defined performance standards is the person being compared? measurement
2. Would the evidence support expertise or prodigy alone under the stated criteria? boundary

Demonstrated contributions

Identify inspectable contributions and the grounds on which they are considered exceptional, allowing a singular achievement to remain distinct from a repeated pattern.

1. Which identifiable contributions support the attribution, and where can they be examined? provenance
2. Does the evidence show one exceptional contribution or a pattern across independently assessed contributions? measurement

Credit and dependence

Record which insights and decisions are attributable to the person and which depended on collaborators, prior work or tools.

1. What evidence identifies the person's specific intellectual or creative contribution? provenance
2. Which parts of the achievement belong to collaborators or enabling systems and must not be credited exclusively to this person? boundary

Independent assessment

Record who assessed the relevant work, what they examined and whether endorsements derive from independent evaluations.

1. Which evaluators examined the relevant contributions directly, and what criteria did they use? provenance
2. Which endorsements merely repeat an earlier genius attribution or have a disclosed promotional interest? provenance

Contestable judgment

Record substantive objections, alternative explanations and evidence that would change the review state.

1. What evidence challenges the claimed originality, exceptional standing or individual credit? provenance
2. What additional evidence would justify narrowing, strengthening or withdrawing the attribution? action

Permitted inference

Record the proposed use and the evidence connecting the person's demonstrated capacity to that use.

1. Which demonstrated capabilities are relevant to the proposed task, opportunity or advisory role? action
2. Would this use extend the attribution into unsupported authority, unrelated competence or exemption from ordinary review? boundary

Evidence-linked support

Record support options grounded in observed working conditions and expressed preferences, without inferring needs from the genius label alone.

1. Which resources, collaborations or working conditions have supported the relevant achievements? provenance
2. Which support options does the person want, and how will their usefulness be reviewed? action

Kinds and varieties

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Typical measurements

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of genius this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance