Quote Originally Posted by Averroes View Post
There are plenty of SFs that seem solidly above average and highly competent/intelligent by real world standards, but relatively few are geniuses as far as I can tell. I can easily imagine a Se-ESI from a wealthy family having an ivy league education and making 6 figures as a lawyer or investment banker

Not sure if I posted this before, but I know two ESIs with PhDs in physics. Also, there are these two guys, who are both ESI:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May