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[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He truly is an idiot’s concept of a genius.

No one who anctually understands Unix or IP networking would ever craft that as an explanation for this concept.

That said, it’s an excellent explanation of how a lobotomy helped him embrace his true self.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks 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] 15 points 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks 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 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks 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.