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Anon is a child prodigy (lemmy.nz)

submitted 2 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 245 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He was a socialist and was arrested during a May day protest. He was tried and convicted of sedition. The media attention and the fact that America was in the middle of the Red Scare made sure that he didn't get a fair trial. His parents made a deal to have him serve the sentence suspended and also be confined to a sanatorium for a year. This really changed his world view and he became very distrustful of media attention and central authority. Before these events he wasn't really bothered by the attention and he liked having public intellectual discourse.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Answered my own question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Sidis

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Smartest guy is socialist. Government happens and he becomes an anarchist. Ergo I am a very smart boy cause I skipped step 1 and 2.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing "anarchist" anywhere

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Probably not smart enough...