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>>crbela+(OP)
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>>malcol+fa1
Paul Graham was never smart. He was always just a successful guy whom lots of naive student mistook for a guru on account of his success. That happens a lot.

Young people in need of guidance would do well to read the classics and disregard everyone with a pulse.

>>antith+yc1
"He then received a Master of Science in 1988, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1990, both in computer science from Harvard University."

Anyone with a PhD Comp Sci from Harvard is automatically very smart in my mind, unless by "smart" you mean something else...

>>izend+Lg1
You have fallen for the classic blunder. Just because someone is smart in area X does not mean they have the same proficiency in Y.