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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Stupids</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="stupid-sort.html" title="stupid-sort"/><link rel="next" href="Sturgeons-Law.html" title="Sturgeon's Law"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Stupids</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="stupid-sort.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Sturgeons-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Stupids"/><dt xmlns="" id="Stupids"><b>Stupids</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Term used by <a href="samurai.html"><i class="glossterm">samurai</i></a> for the
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<a href="suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>s who employ them; succinctly expresses an
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attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other
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subcultures of hackers. There may be intended reference here to an SF
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story originally published in 1952 but much anthologized since, Mark
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Clifton's <i class="citetitle">Star, Bright</i>. In it, a super-genius child
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classifies humans into a very few ‘Brights’ like herself, a
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huge majority of ‘Stupids’, and a minority of
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‘Tweens’, the merely ordinary geniuses.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="stupid-sort.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Sturgeons-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">stupid-sort<72></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Sturgeon's Law</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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