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Originally posted by Puke:
i guess you prefer the seaquest DSV Version of the boy genius? (not a flame, just curious)
I've only seen half of two episodes of SQDSV, so I can't answer that. What's he like?
A boy (or girl) genius should be troubled, and resented by his peers and adults alike, because he sees things from an adult perspective (mentally) without the benefit of adult maturity or prestige. Actually, from more than an adult perspective, because a boy genius by the age of ten is smarter than most fully-developed adults. Except that he only has the "common sense" of any ten-year-old (i.e., almost none)!
So, in the midst of doing super-genius things, Wesley Crusher should have been doing idiotic things, and making the adults around him annoyed, frustrated, nervous, and even scared.