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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Cool question. I think genius is just very high intelligence.

But intelligence is not necessarily wisdom. You can be very intelligent about a specific field, but very unwise about the larger picture. A wise person is intelligent in every domain of their life, not just hyper-good at one at the expense of other categories. The latter is a "genius" I would say. But a genius can also be wise. But those people are extraordinarily rare.