(August 7, 2019 at 5:22 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(August 7, 2019 at 6:33 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Sheldon Cooper.
Boru
Isn't that character supposed to be autistic or something?
As I understand it, he's supposed to be smart at math, but other than that he's a comic book geek. So, not someone who's interested in ideas at all.
The character has extensive knowledge of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, cosmology, economics, electronics, computers, vexillology, linguistics, geology, (American) football, trains, comic books, contract law and science fiction. He speaks English, Klingon, Mandarin, Swedish, Hindi and Finnish. He dances well and plays piano, bongos, recorder and theremin.
I'm pretty sure you can't be so well-versed in so many different subjects without having a marked degree of interest in the ideas behind them. If someone with that skill set doesn't qualify as an intellectual, he'll do until one comes along.
Boru
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