Reply #55: No offense meant, but a lot of MIT students *are* idiots

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Not in the IQ sense, but in the geek sense of being significantly out of touch with ordinary reality and not having much awareness of how other people perceive them.

In addition, a lot of them come from high schools where they were regarded as weirdos and therefore developed a certain thick-skinnedness as far as blocking out negative reactions to their more eccentric mannerisms.

Altogether, it would be *exactly* like an MIT student to breeze through an airport without ever noticing their attire or behavior might be causing a stir.