"Top Five Mad Geniuses" -- http://people.howstuffworks.com/mad-genius.htm
I could be offended by the article's premise, or annoyed by its aggressive superficiality, but then I might be guilty of having unrealistic expectations.
I look forward to an article on the "Top Five Most Remarkably Boring Geniuses" -- soon.
Ah, seriously, I think "intensity" is a character trait we might associate with genius, or with outstanding achievement in any field (sports, rock music, business). At the same time, I think these people are all over the spectrum, from "intense but essentially sane" (I will offer Nabokov as an example here) to "intense and eccentric" (Eddie Vedder, Paul Erdos, any number of other examples) to "seriously unhinged" (Keith Moon).
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