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		novosel on Oct 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teenager solves stubborn riddle about prime number... 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.

swayvil on Oct 13, 2022 [–]

Ya, true geniusses invariably add gratuitous multiple syllables to everything they say. It's one of the signs.

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