I don’t know any of those people except by name and reputation. I met Alan Kay once, briefly. He seems smart. I worked for a smart guy years ago. Two PhDs math

I don’t know any of those people except by name and reputation. I met Alan Kay once, briefly. He seems smart. I worked for a smart guy years ago. Two PhDs math and comp sci, serial entrepreneur, wealthy. He probably taught me more than anyone else ever did. I wrote almost all the core code for a sophisticated oil and gas exploration system back in the early 80s. Then he screwed me out of equity in the company when he sold it for tens of millions. I worked with some amazing people at Apple, very smart, many of them on the spectrum as well. When I think of smart people I know of, but don’t know personally, Umberto Eco comes to mind. I test as smart and do well enough professionally, have a decent education, but my wife and even my six-year-old granddaughter can outwit me. I think of all three of my children as smart but of course every parent thinks that.