Back when I was in High School myself,
a certain gym teacher presented what he called the “Circle of
Intelligence” or, depending on when he was talking, “Bad Synapse
Theory” The idea was that instead of the spectrum between the
genius gifted kids on one side and the complete morons on the other
being a straight line, it was an almost-complete circle, with only a
small gap between the poles. Someone who was average would be
average basically all the time, but the kids on the extremes (mostly
framed as the geniuses) could have one synapse fire wrong and
momentarily leap across the little gap to the other pole.
It’s a silly little picture born, no
doubt, of observing kids with perfect grades and limited practical
skills, but that does happen now and again, especially when someone
who is legitimately smart gets a little arrogant about it and trips
themselves up with their own brilliant plan. And, having seen “The
Geniuses’ War of Love and Brains” in Kaguya-sama, I’ve got to say
that gym teacher must have had fun watching it happen, because that’s
pretty much the premise that keeps the comedy going here.
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