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Stupids
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2014-07-26 03:53:53 -04:00
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n. Term used by samurai for the suits who employ them; succinctly expresses
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an 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 story
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originally published in 1952 but much anthologized since, Mark Clifton's
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Star, Bright. In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few
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Brights like herself, a huge majority of Stupids , and a minority of Tweens
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, the merely ordinary geniuses.
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