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The Idiot’s Guide to Smart People Explains Smart People and Their Weird Musical Tastes

It takes a smart person to love music in a way that takes all of the fun out of it.
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Published: Mar 21, 2014 03:28 pm

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Above Average’s The Idiot’s Guide to Smart People has taken another tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating look at the habits of “smart people”—this time, as they relate to music. I’m beginning to get the sense that “smart person” is being used as a euphemism for “pedant” here, and I like it.

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