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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)
  1. most of the cast of Arrested Development
  2. the movie: Idiocracy
  3. lots of examples, let's go with Alan Turing or Richard Feynman
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i'd nominate Ramanujan as the geniuses' genius: he had basically no formal education on mathematics, and yet he solved problems that the rest of the world collectively couldn't crack.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Ah true I haven't heard of him! Love to hear about autodidact geniuses.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)
  1. I somewhat disagree, I think a lot of real smart people overestimate idiots.
  2. Yup
  3. Alan Turing is my guy! Always remember the British government did him dirty for being gay. Shame on you, British gov.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think I just wanted to mention arrested development lol. It being a smart, well-written show about very dumb people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fair! I hope I didn't ruin your fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago