It's 2019 can we please stop the stupid?

[Anomalocaris]

Not to detract from the fish/mammal debate, but I got a haircut yesterday and my barber informed me that solar panels are heating up the sun, and that's what is causing global warming....

Right, solar panel beams energy from earth to the sun to heat up the sun.

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I've never seen the show, only clips, so my knowledge of Sheldon lore is lacking. 

I'd like to specify a difference between someone who knows facts and someone who thinks about the significance, connections, and wisdom of ideas.

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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that an autistic person can't be intellectual. 

I just want to distinguish between a person who can calculate the day of the week of any date in history, and a person who takes seriously and spends time on thoughtful ideas -- that kind of thing. 

The Hannibal Lector movies go out of their way to show that he is knowledgable about literature, music, etc. These are things that fascinate through their intellectual and emotional connections. Comic books, Star Wars, etc., are about what's "cool." There is no depth.

I see.  So, when Hannibal Lecter is knowledgeable about literature and music, he's an intellectual.  When Sheldon Cooper does it, he's a comic book geek.

Special plead much? And, by the by, it's 'Lecter', not 'Lector'.

Boru

Hannibal Lecter is portrayed in the novel as a socially extremely skilled and adaptable psychopath who fits easily into different societies, effortlessly charms everyone, gains the trust of almost everyone, and deceives and manipulates most people.   He is depicted as not only a murderous cannibal, but also the premier human behavioral psychologist in the world and one of the most respected gourmet cooks  who served up the organs of his victims in memorably delicious dishes to his unsuspecting high society guests.  The entire premise of Silence of the Lambs is although Hannibal was eventually caught and imprisoned after his serial cannibalism was uncovered, his mastery of psychology and behavior was such that the FBI had to come back to his prison cell in the hopes of enlisting his help to profile their most evasive killers.  Hannibal held up his end of the bargain to facilitate catching the killer because his contempt for the psychiatric maladjustment of the criminal, but leverages the opportunity to manipulated his FBI handler into affording him the opportunity to escape.   

In his spare time he is portrayed as having a deep genuine interest in high culture and the fine arts.

He is the antithesis of Sheldor Cooper.

Sheldon cooper is meant for both the non-intellectual and the would be intellectual to feel good about themselves.


Hannibal Lecter seems to be designed to make non-intellectual afraid at night and the intellectual wonder whether he is intellectual enough not to be afraid at night.