What's the difference between brainiac and dufus?

Brainiac


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  • (1) Andrew Romano, Newsweek How would these eloquent know-it-alls – these brainiacs bent on "speaking truth to stupid" – untangle the knotty threads of information that make actual breaking news so difficult to sort out?
  • (2) And the assumption that Silicon Valley is bursting with autistic brainiacs has been shown in various studies over recent years to be a vastly overstated misconception.
  • (3) Once again he assembled his crew, blockbuster brainiacs who are constantly in high demand.
  • (4) In the past 40 years,” Silberman writes, “some members of this tribe have migrated from the margins of society to the mainstream … The kids formerly ridiculed as nerds and brainiacs have become the architects of our future.” “Before we start, can I ask you a couple of questions?” Silberman says when I Skype him at his home in San Francisco.
  • (5) Nominees: Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear, BBC for BBC2 Bruce Parry - Tribe, BBC Wales for BBC2 Digital Channel Programme Award Brainiac 3, Granada for Sky One "Strangely addictive, an infectious show that in its third series shows more imagination and creativity than ever."
  • (6) We have characterized the function of a new neurogenic locus, brainiac (brn), during oogenesis.

Dufus


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