Bobby Fischer: Loon

Of course, you already knew that but you'll nevertheless enjoy this little blurb: http://www.csicop.org/si/show/bobby_fischer_genius_and_idiot/. The article gives some examples of how genius types can also be functional idiots. A case in point is a couple who are my next door neighbors. He is literally a rocket scientist. She was some type of humanities professor, both from the East Coast and both strongly Jewish and strongly politically liberal. Together, they have not a single social or real life skill between them. Their garage is piled floor to ceiling with faded books and journals. They keep their garbage can prominently displayed on their front porch. Neither could be described as anywhere near physically attractive yet she will walk outside for the newspaper wearing relatively little and what is exposed can only be described as hideous and retch inducing. Both are incapable of participating in a conversation that could be considered as normal. In short, it would be best for all if they could be locked away in a lab somewhere, receiving food pellets through a door slot. Okay, I'm being a cruel ass, but it would be nice if they would sell the house to a nice young couple with a cute wife who liked to tackle landscaping projects wearing something light and something small and eager to seek advice from the knowledgeable older neighbor next door, especially when her husband is away playing golf. One can dream. One must also recall the lesson of a dog chasing a car. Sigh.