Cyan comments on Theism, Wednesday, and Not Being Adopted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Cyan 01 May 2009 03:49:57PM *  4 points [-]

Am I misusing the word "smart"?

Yup. In general usage, "smart" means "good at one or some mental tasks". (Your hypothetical example of Grigori Perelman is roughly analogous to the real example of Srinivasa Ramanujan.)