- ani ( @ani@endlesstalk.org ) 54•3 months ago
He went to Havard and got a PHD in mathematics. He had a short career as a researcher and professor. Later he bought a piece of land and became a hermit. But he was annoyed with society and sent people bombs, and published an article about contemporary world issues. He was eventually jailed.
- mozz ( @mozz@mbin.grits.dev ) 23•3 months ago
A person distantly affiliated to me called the FBI on Kaczynski back when he was in society, saying this guy is FUCKIN dangerous and you really need to look into him. They said, well, he hasn’t actually done anything, so honestly there’s not much we can do.
- 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖 ( @muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ) English6•3 months ago
Wasn’t he part of MK-Ultra so isnt the government is probably to blame for some of his antics
- mozz ( @mozz@mbin.grits.dev ) 6•3 months ago
He was. His participation in MK-Ultra is documented and I think it’s a safe to conclude that that means the CIA probably fucked up his brain and/or traumatized him, and made him that way in the first place.
- CYB3R ( @FookReddit69@lemm.ee ) 3•3 months ago
You went at school with Unabomber?
- /home/pineapplelover ( @pineapplelover@lemm.ee ) 2•3 months ago
Sounds familiar
- Ada ( @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 48•3 months ago
I scored the highest tertiary entrance rank in my school without studying a day in my life and had my pick of any university course or career. I went to university, and excelled at exams, but because I had undiagnosed ADHD and had never learned time management, I couldn’t cope with assignments that couldn’t be thrown together at the last minute in my lunch break. I was academically excluded.
So there was that. Basically, my life has continued to look like some variation of that experience since then :P
- NevelioKrejall ( @Krejall@ttrpg.network ) 2•3 months ago
This also happened to me. I dropped out of game art & design school. Now I’m doing art and animation for a game dev company. I took the scenic route, but I got here eventually!
- TheButtonJustSpins ( @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ) English30•3 months ago
I’m still here.
Kidding! How do you determine who the smartest kid was?
- Chahk ( @chahk@beehaw.org ) 4•3 months ago
Wait 5 second, they will tell you.
- HubertManne ( @HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com ) 20•3 months ago
I mean we had a few that were al up there. From what I recall Jamie dropped out and had a couple of kids, Mark still lives at home 'cause he’s got no job and Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot. Jay committed suicide. Brandon OD’d and died.
- skulblaka ( @skulblaka@startrek.website ) 12•3 months ago
It was me. I was the smartest kid in my class for most of school. Then I dropped out of college and now I fix cars for a living.
Not saying that’s a bad thing, the world needs mechanics and I’m paid well enough to live, but the sense of lost or wasted potential is overwhelming.
- edric ( @scytale@lemm.ee ) 9•3 months ago
Honestly don’t know. In grade school we had a classmate who was always at the top of our entire batch. As expected she graduated as valedictorian. We all took the entrance exam for one of the coveted high schools and surprisingly she didn’t pass…and I got in lol. She kinda faded away after that. She’s probably fine though, just didn’t meet expectations going into high school.
- /home/pineapplelover ( @pineapplelover@lemm.ee ) 4•3 months ago
Damn. That’s kinda why I’m not a fan of exams. People have test anxiety. In a lot of my math classes, some of the smartest people in there can’t take tests for shit because of so much test anxiety they have. This person probably had the qualifications to get in but unfortunate that the exam was too big of a hurdle.
- BruceTwarzen ( @BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee ) 7•3 months ago
He became addicted to drugs and fell off. Last time i heard anything off him, he lives in south america somewhere as a street performer and found love. So i dunno.
- ElderberryLow ( @ElderberryLow@programming.dev ) 5•3 months ago
She is currently a doctor, married, has a kid, and is doing quite well for herself.
- That_Devil_Girl ( @That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml ) 5•3 months ago
I went on to enlist in the military, got out after one enlistment, and eventually became a machinist and shipwright welder. I’m working on my SCUBA & underwater welding qualifications.
In a high-school out in the boondocks of Texas, I was easily the smartest kid. Everyone else was concerned with their parents farm, chores, football, and dating.
Nobody was interested in reading or higher education, and the teachers put no effort into encouraging students to reach higher.
- fubarx ( @fubarx@lemmy.ml ) 3•3 months ago
They got a PhD in science from a well-known university and worked on research for a while. Last I heard, they got married and ended up selling real-estate.
- Nomecks ( @Nomecks@lemmy.ca ) 3•3 months ago
Looks like he’s a Ph.D bridge engineer. Good on him.
- Decency8401 ( @Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•3 months ago
As far as my knowledge goes, she went to a private school then got pregnant with, like, 20 or 19-ish. Then she did lose a little control of her life. But I think that she might’ve been successful with her career and may have gotten her life under control.
I don’t know if she was the smartest kid, but she definitely got good grades. My class was honestly full of lazy people, including me. I’ve changed a lot, so I would say that I would now be the smartest kid, because I was one of the first who actually did realize how tough life is.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 2•3 months ago
He’s married, three kids, great wife, manages a team of salespeople.
- Call me Lenny/Leni ( @shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee ) English2•3 months ago
She was my coworker, but I left her when I moved.
- Admetus ( @Admetus@sopuli.xyz ) 1•3 months ago
GCHQ. Need I say more…