Sentences with phrase «of idiots savants»

Potential isolation by brain damage.The existence of idiots savants, prodigies and other exceptional individuals.

That a persuasive case can be made either way could be seen as a validation of the theory that Tarantino is some sort of idiot savant whose films signify almost in spite of their maker's idiosyncracies or intentions.

The Caveman's Valentine is a fine and a courageous film, crazy enough to suggest that the delirious yammering of an idiot savant is the best and truest paladin of order in the chaos of Eliot's rat's alley wasteland.

«The Big Lebowski» is like the cinematic equivalent of an idiot savant, because despite a seemingly incoherent plot filled with dumb characters and even dumber decisions, it's actually far more clever than it lets on.

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This is because the house of god has lost it's way, telling women to live in the dark ages, telling 3rd world countries with rampant HIV and excessive births and infant mortality to continue abstaining and not use appropriate birth control akin to the idiot savant named George W Bush whose policies perpetuated this.

This week it could be Obi Mikel ruined a very amusing start to Avram Grant's career, that Tottenham are a bit crap, that Cesc Fabregas is some kind of footballing idiot savant, that Rafa Benitez is losing support for his title push as quickly as he gained it or that Derby may or may not be relegated by this time next week.

«I think he's a genius,» says Palmer, «but kind of like an idiot savant.

She is almost like a combo of autism, bipolar, and idiot savant.

With any luck, this'll be the death knell of the idiot - savant rom - com.

The illogic pays off through instances of idiot - savant surrealism, of which there are enough to make it hard to pick a favorite.

The film is a dedicatedly stupid murder - mystery / small town hick opera featuring your standard collection of comely waitresses bound for better things, saucy diner matrons, scumbags with sidekicks, stolid policemen, preternaturally bright children, and literal idiot savants.

Fortunately, Sheriff Duncan can count on the assistance of an undersized but tough - as - rawhide Texas Ranger, two physicians, a mechanical wunderkind, and a soft - spoken idiot savant who knows the sloughs and baygalls of the Thicket like his own backyard.

His areas of expertise included impersonating Burger Rider and Doctor Sparkle, being an idiot savant at Superman 64, and having an insane love for all things Zelda and Earthbound related.

Perks in order of priority (starting out and staying in Survival mode): Idiot Savant (with 1 intelligence point), Toughness, Armorer, Locksmith, Lifegiver, Rifleman, Scrounger, Chem Resistant, and Refractor.

The romantic image of the artist as genius, or perhaps idiot savant, receives particular scrutiny.

In 1975, Wiley created his persona «Mr. Unnatural,» who has appeared in a hilarious series of portraits of the artist as an idiot savant, with dunce cap, kimono, and geisha sandals.

I suspect that many, although perhaps not all, of the climate models are idiot - savant models, tuned to fit a hypothesized pattern that tells a particular story on past data, but rather lacking predictive skill.

If they were seemingly pro-GM, it was because, as «idiot savants», they were unable to fathom the ethical, political, and economic consequences of their science.

From this perspective, a law school graduate most nearly resembles an idiot savant, able to perform impressive mental feats of calculation and memorization but unable to perform simple survival tasks or otherwise function in society.

More importantly, the idiot - savants of the «security» culture - hive want to make the posting of a LINK to a site posting «hate speech», itself a crime.

Think of them more as idiot savants.

Persons who display savant syndrome have traditionally been called idiot savants, a term that many currently avoid because of its negative connotations.