Evil geniuses (Was Re: to "fashion"; "in the weeds")

[Neal Whitman]

Right, the same as for twins.

Neal

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> On May 6, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>> "good genius"
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> Doesn't a genius generally have to be *specified* as "evil"? Isn't
> _good_ the unmarked case for a genius?
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