# Jim Peebles is a fucking idiot

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-peebles-is-a-fucking-idiot/822029
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [September 27, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-peebles-is-a-fucking-idiot/822029 "2018-09-27T15:16:09Z")
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### Author: ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-peebles-is-a-fucking-idiot/822029/21 "2018-10-03T12:43:29Z")

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I think they’re just lying to themselves. Maybe there are cracks starting to form in the carefully constructed bubble they live in so they are reinforcing it.

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### Author: ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-peebles-is-a-fucking-idiot/822029/22 "2018-10-03T12:53:35Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> .Look at **Octopus** , you see a guy with a three-digit IQ who’s brainwashed himself on social issues.

Only if 2 of those digits are to the right of the decimal point.

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