Genius Ditz and Idiot Savant are frequently confused with each other. The former is about people who are stupid outside of one subject area, whilt the latter is about smart people with mental disorders. The cleanup is complicated by two factors: first, like other mental disorder tropes, Idiot Savant is prone to armchair diagnoses, of which stupidity can be a factor. Second, Zero Context Examples can fail to resolve the difference between the two tropes; if this happens, I would just delete the example.
Edited by LaundryPizza03 on Oct 25th 2020 at 3:15:11 AM
Genius Ditz and Idiot Savant are frequently confused with each other. The former is about people who are stupid outside of one subject area, whilt the latter is about smart people with mental disorders. The cleanup is complicated by two factors: first, like other mental disorder tropes, Idiot Savant is prone to armchair diagnoses, of which stupidity can be a factor. Second, Zero Context Examples can fail to resolve the difference between the two tropes; if this happens, I would just delete the example.
Edited by LaundryPizza03 on Oct 25th 2020 at 3:15:11 AM
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