Stupids
Term used by samurai for the suits who employ them. Succinctly expresses an
attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other
subcultures of hackers. There may be intended reference here to an SF story
originally published in 1952 but much anthologised since, Mark Clifton's "Star,
Bright". In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few "Brights"
like herself, a huge majority of "Stupids", and a minority of "Tweens", the
merely ordinary geniuses.
[Jargon File]
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