Guys Talking

Just one guy really

Genius is often called crazy, but crazy is never called genius. So you just have to put out the work and let the chips fall where they may.

- Katt Williams

My normal video viewing usually does not include long interviews, especially not those of entertainers. But two exceptions have happened this year; Shannon Sharpe’s interview with comedian Katt Williams and Joe Rogan’s interview with actor Terrence Howard. 

Both of these men are geniuses

With Williams, it was an easy choice: I’m a fan and looked forward to some laughs. There were plenty of those, but, as anyone who watched it knows, it was much deeper than that. Katt gave us a peek into the cut-throat business of comedy and much more.

As for Howard, I knew who he was but hadn’t watched any TV show or movie he’s been in and, after having read a mini biography of the actor, I see why; I tend to be a little judgmental of entertainers who lead a wild life. Yes, it’s a failing on my part. 

Having watched his interview, however, I might take a peak at one of his movies, though he barely talked about acting during the interview.

His topic was … I’m at a loss as to a description. Logic? Chemistry? Engineering? Astronomy? Astrophysics? Math? Any of these labels alone are insufficient.

Is Howard crazy? Yes. And no. The guy has 97 patents. Look at the list of companies that have cited the man’s work! He doesn’t get paid by any of them and says why in the interview.

Did I understand what he was talking about? Mostly, no, though I did understand better during a second viewing.

Am I crazy? Possibly. But, to paraphrase Pontius Pilate, what is crazy?

Roughly at the 1:30:40 mark in the interview, Howard said this.

The universe is probably just one cell inside of some super organism.

In 2022, I said this.

What if this universe is a cell of someone’s body and the life cycle of this cell has been outlined in the Bible? What if everything we are seeing right now is merely the sloughing off of a defective cell ready to be washed down the drain like your dead skin cells during a warm shower? 

And what if the means to save the redeemable parts of this dying cell are outlined in the Bible also? 

So here’s a wild-man actor who happens to also be an inventor and who delves deep into science in his spare time and here’s me, a science idiot. And here we are putting forth the same theory.

We could be wrong. But what if we’re not?

This brings me back to something that John Taylor Gatto said:

I've concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress genius because we haven't yet figured out how to manage a population of educated men and women. The solution, I think, is simple and glorious. Let them manage themselves.