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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 2 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
[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 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
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 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.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 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.
[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 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.