"this Martin Luther guy is an archetypal midwit"
-- @eigenrobot on the Reformation
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Replying to @selentelechia @eigenrobot
There's a volume to be written about why halfwit became midwit. I think they mean the same thing.
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Replying to @mpaulseder @eigenrobot
ehhh I think my connotation for "halfwit" is Actually Slightly Below Average IQ (which apparently much of my social circle doesn't have much interaction with, as a group) whereas...
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midwit is like "above average w/raw brainpower but not THAT much above average, just enough that they still have a lot invested in being clever, not actually smart enough to get out of holes they dig for themselves" etc
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Replying to @selentelechia @eigenrobot
i'm going to start using medianwit and meanwit
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wit has fat tails
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