Originally Posted by LAF
One of my favorite quotes is:

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - -Arthur Schopenhauer
Excellent quote! smile Arthur Schopenhauer was an interesting person. A few quick reads: wikipedia page here... Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy page on Arthur Schopenhauer... and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy page on Arthur Schopenhauer is very recently revised.

Exploring more of the links in the OP article...
One of the related articles linked from the article in the OP is Genius Takes Many Forms. It's Time We Recognized Them All, which references the article in AAAS Science magazine online, Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children's interests, discussed in this old thread.