People who are popularly considered to be geniuses...when they're not.

if you want to be really awkward, he is a cosmologist.

That's because IQ tests are skewed in favour of mathematical type minds. It does well in testing certain kinds of intelligence but says next to nothing about other skills - memory, creativity, emotional intelligence etc.
So people can be genius's/genii and do terribly on IQ tests...

who the hell considers these people to be geniuses?!?! Nelson Mandela and Richard Dawkins?! GTFO.

They're among the most credible on the list. No.4 is Matt Groening and the list also includes people such as Prince, Mohammad Ali, Osama bin Laden and, I kid you not, Dolly Parton.

Matt Groening? ok so he created The Simpsons he didn't invent the aircraft.
Mohammad Ali is an idiot and so is Prince. No offense but there's no way Ali is a GENIUS.. He used to be a member of the Muslim Inc. or something? The organisation which claimed that White people are devils?? . And ... Prince, no comment - too easy.
Dunno about Bin Laden - he could be?

I won't comment on dolly parton. Again, too easy.

Intelligence is intelligence, being kind and compassionate is being kind and compassionate.

True genius is stuff like maths and science in my eyes and also the arts. I personally respect maths and science more though. I put Newtons achievements higher than those of any artist/writer, I also reckon he's a lot more intelligent as well.

Saying that people like Shakespear and Tolkien would of had massive IQ's, i'm sure I read Tolkien had an IQ of about 180 and he learnt a silly amount of languages and fairly easily.

I have never heard or heard of anyone calling any of those people geniuses. Intelligent yes, geniuses...no.

I am one of these people, why I have no idea.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567544/Top-100-living-geniuses.html

depends what you mean by genius.

Yeah, he did an undergrad in Physics. So what? It doesn't really say anything, except that he used to study Physics. He is now a mathematician, whatever else he has been, because he needs to use mathemetics to calculate and prove his hypotheses and theories concerning cosmology. Speaking of which: if you want to be really awkward, he is a cosmologist.

By that logic you may as well declare all sporting events pointless, then.

If you don't know why then surely you can't claim to be 'one of these people'.

Indeed, I am not a genius. Just many people I know think I'm particularly clever when I'm not really, and certainly not as clever as many I know think I am.

Not slating your point because it is valid, but you cant really have emotional, memory or creative IQ to the best of my knowledge.

IQ is the natural ability to learn, you cant really learn emotions and you tend to be creative or not. Its a common stumbling block in these discussions. Unless your a robot who finally learns to love