It’s old news that most screenwriters are clueless about scientists and mathematicians, but you’d hope they'd be a *little* more familiar with what makes a good humanities student.
“Down Cemetery Road”: “She was brilliant! She memorised The Wasteland, including the footnotes!”
Greg Egan
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