# Is there a name for people who just get paid to be geniuses

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> I can’t remember the thread,

Probably [this one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-refutes-math-conjecture-enters-phd-program-without-a-degree/1021655/18)

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