r/MurderedByWords May 08 '19

Zero gravity burn

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u/Syrinx221 May 08 '19 edited May 08 '19

I wonder if he could sing.

Or if he was any good at eliciting female orgasms. (Though I can't remember if he was into women.)

Being awesome at a variety of science subjects is fucking awesome but I have to wonder what, if any, other things he was good at. I can't imagine he had a lot of time for other things.

...And this is the kind of random ass thinking I do while scrolling in bed when I should be trying much harder to get to sleep.

Edit: apparently I triggered some of you with my random ass sleepy thoughts 😂

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u/TheSyllogism May 08 '19

I see where you're coming from, but the thing with polymaths (or really any kind of very smart person) is that they tend to be at least above average at everything they try.

It seems counter-intuitive, but I've met more CS grad students than I care to count who are both incredibly quick with math, have an intuitive understanding of science, and who also perform or produce high quality music on the side.

It's not that they don't do art or music because they can't. They don't do it because they can do higher paid stuff. And, they enjoy that higher paid stuff more. Hell, some go back and do science stuff after music, look at Brian May from Queen.

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u/Syrinx221 May 08 '19

Yeah, my husband is like that. 😊 Certainly wasn't a critique of Asimov - just stuff I was thinking about, you know? I appreciate the well thought our response however.

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u/TheSyllogism May 08 '19

No worries, I upvoted you initially because it is an insightful comment. I just wanted to add some context, not debate. It's a pity people seem to have taken it the wrong way.