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Re:Teenager Solves Stubborn Riddle About Prime Number Look-A... by novosel on Thursday October 13, 2022 @06:50PM (#33197499)
That is the definition of a genius-savant.

True genius is always happening at the crossroads of his interests. Not linear, not monosyllabic, but divergent-recomposing-thing.

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Re:Teenager Solves Stubborn Riddle About Prime Number Look-A... by swayvil on Thursday October 13, 2022 @07:16PM (#33197726)
Ya, true geniusses invariably add gratuitous multiple syllables to everything they say. It's one of the signs.
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