#18

One of the main attributes required for being a pilot (or an air traffic controller) is decisiveness. That tends to be found in people that aren’t naturally drawn to long bouts of thinking. Usually it doesn’t make them thick as such, just incredibly annoyingly self-confident.

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#20

I know a couple of people who did really well academically, but they seem to treat every conversation as if they’re in some university debating society (I didn’t go to uni so don’t know if debating societies actually exist).

That doesn’t make them dense, but can make them insufferable, particularly if they’re doing that while in the kitchen at a house party at 2am when everyone else is arguing about Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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#21

Also really clever people often aren’t much interested in impressing other people, because they know people need their cleverness even if they’re arseholes.

#22

Ever been in a room full of people doing officer training? Insufferable. They’re all trained to be unflinchingly confident in their decisions (regardless of how sure they actually are of them) and to be the most assertive person in the room. Gather them in multiples and it’s hell on earth.

#23

few DiSers like that too i’m pretty sure

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#25

oh god yes

#27

few?

#28

Yeah probably is this a lot of the time. Uneven cognitive profile with academic strengths but impairment in social skills and executive function pretty much is the profile for AS/HFA. Not being critical here, just raising awareness

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#29

if you’re clever enough to get a levels, you’re basically clever enough to become a PhD as long as you’re willing to put the time and effort in to achieving that. Throw in a bit of luck and perhaps some cunning there’s nothing else stopping you becoming a Professor

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#30

Yeah, that’s what I was getting at. Not dissing anyone (either autistic people or ruffers).

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#31

Don’t drag me into your nerd talk, Theo.

I’m no Gygax devotee. In fact I’ve never even heard of him.

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#32

Oh yeah I didn’t think that either I just didn’t mean that sort of thing at all

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#33

Girl I knew at uni was thick as shit but managed to get onto a PhD in something hard sciency. Don’t know if she ever got her doctorate as I had to delete her off Facebook when she posted some angry bullshit about Muslims protesting against Peppa Pig

#34

Autumn statements?

#35

I work with some and sometimes it’s frustrating. But then again everyone’s thick about one topic or another.

#36

Cunning/blackmail/extreme luck is required to get any money out of the Arts Council.

#37

Does this include academically successful individuals who don’t understand ‘academic’ writing/ideologies?

If so, hi!

#38

Naaaah you’ve got a good amount of common sense and stuff, although I’m guessing there’s a fair amount of countdowners who’re pretty brilliant at stuff like anagrams but can barely hold a two minute conversation?

#39

More THiK0 than THAC0 amiright?!!

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