Is Messi A Genius?

Experts say that in Messi, the concept of genius exists through his ability to change the environment in which he participates.

By leading Argentina to the 2022 World Cup championship, Lionel Messi has destroyed all last doubts in his assertion that he is the greatest player in history.

The ability to score goals, judgment and extraordinary technique are qualities that have accompanied “El Pulga” throughout his career.

However, in the scientific community in recent years, there has been debate about whether Messi is a genius or simply a person with higher abilities than normal.

The privileged brain

In the sports world, only people with an IQ above 130 are classified as gifted athletes.

However, the scientific community must agree that there are many other exceptions.

Since 2016, documents have demonstrated that the brains of people with superior abilities are biochemically and morphologically different from normal people.

The brains of people with superior abilities are biochemically and morphologically different from normal people. Photo: Marca.

The brains of people with superior abilities are biochemically and morphologically different from normal people. Photo: Marca.

This is also the basis to prove the outstanding talents and abilities of this group of people.

“These morphological and biochemical differences impact not only how we process information but also how we process emotions. From the brain we learn, feel and think,” Jana Martinez -Piqueras, president of Indifferent Minds, one of the first organizations for exceptionally gifted people in Spain shares.

According to Martinez-Piqueras, the secret of natural talent does not lie in numbers but in how to handle situations.

With the same process, compared to normal athletes, people with special gifts will do it differently, especially the number of strategies used to achieve it.

Based on that basis, Martinez-Piqueras affirmed that Messi is a person with outstanding talent.

“There is a concept of genius in Messi. He is a playmaker, with peripheral vision and the ability to accurately calculate every parabolic curve of the ball. Clearly Messi has many cognitive abilities. synthesis,” said the president of Indifferent Minds.

Ultimately, what makes Messi more gifted and capable than others is his ability to change the environment in which he participates, according to Martinez-Piqueras.

There have been many arguments that if Barcelona doctors had not injected HGH (Human Growth Hormone) since childhood to treat rickets, Messi would not have been able to reach the pinnacle of football. stone as it is now.

Messi is a genius with the ability to change the environment in which he participates. Photo: The Athletic.

Messi is a genius with the ability to change the environment in which he participates. Photo: The Athletic.

However, the head of Indifferent Minds immediately rejected that argument. “Excellent talent is not a disease, but if not properly cared for, it can lead to diseases. There are many athletes with high ability who have not been discovered. If their awareness is not Cultivate, superior ability will disappear,” Martinez-Piqueras said.

Genius in the athlete’s body

Dick Fosbury, the late high jumping legend, is the epitome of the ability to change the environment that a genius can do.

At the age of 16, he switched to high jumping. However, Fosbury only achieved average results with the traditional high jump technique of running for momentum, his legs jumping up and his belly facing down on the crossbar.

Realizing that he could not compete with stronger, higher jumpers by jumping traditionally, the American athlete tried jumping backwards with his back over the bar.

Fosbury, with the famous jumping technique he created, forever changed high jumping. Photo: Olympic.

Fosbury, with the famous jumping technique he created, forever changed high jumping. Photo: Olympic.

Immediately, Fosbury improved his performance and even broke the Olympic record. His technique was quickly followed by the entire high jumping world, and was named the Fosbury Flop.

Not only talent on the field, many talents on the field also make many people admire because of their educational level like Lukaku, Mata, Chiellini or Mkhitaryan.

However, until now no one has been able to match Brazilian football legend Socrates in terms of intellectual ability and contributions to society, when he became a symbol of football and a leader. both on and off the field.

The player who has played for the Brazilian national team 60 times is still the person with the highest level of education in world football.

He earned a medical degree in 1983 while playing professionally and completed a doctorate in philosophy when he retired. From then on, the nickname “Doctor” stuck with Socrates’ entire career.

Those close to Socrates did not hesitate to describe him as an extraordinary intellect.

Socrates is a genius both on and off the field with a degree in Medicine in 1983 while still playing professionally. Photo: Alamy.

Socrates is a genius both on and off the field with a degree in Medicine in 1983 while still playing professionally. Photo: Alamy.

However, Socrates’ life ended in tragedy due to alcoholism. As admitted by the “Doctor” himself, the best psychologist for him is a glass of beer.

After Socrates’ death in 2011, a debate arose in Brazil about the relationship between addiction and brilliant minds.

“Highly capable people often live unconsciously between pathological perfectionism and an almost unbearably critical view of themselves. This has caused many of them to turn to alcohol as a way to rest their minds,” some psychologists in Brazil commented.