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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Now I want to see:

  • a genius'es concept of an idiot
  • an idiot's concept of an idiot
  • a genius'es concept of a genius
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

A genius wouldn’t post something this pointless and idiotic in the first place. If they felt inclined to, they would likely not think it worth the time.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 hours 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] 10 points 5 hours 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 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours 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 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours 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] 3 points 4 hours ago

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