<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?> <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> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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 <a href="suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>s who employ them; succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers. There may be intended reference here to an SF story originally published in 1952 but much anthologized since, Mark Clifton's <i class="citetitle">Star, Bright</i>. In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few ‘Brights’ like herself, a huge majority of ‘Stupids’, and a minority of ‘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> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Sturgeons-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">stupid-sort </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Sturgeon's Law</td></tr></table></div></body></html>