[ SECRET POST #1959 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1959 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[09019.livejournal.com]

I read it as more like Moriarty never publicly showed how smart he was, vs. Sherlock who even got some fame from how intelligent he was. It might be unreasonable, but it also makes sense- a lot of people are unwilling to think that people are super humanly smart. Especially if they're supposed to believe that there are two people at that level of intelligence. It's just a really uncomfortable thought, just like realizing that there are people with 1000x your own wealth or "importance" in the world.

And Moriarty played his cards right. In the public eye in the show, he was never seen doing anything super smart (versus Sherlock's tendency to show off how smart he is by his little deductions). Even as he was seen as actively engaging in criminal behavior, all he did visually was "click a button" on a phone, that could have been programmed by anyone....

Plus in pop culture and social groups there's a lot of desire to "even things out" or "taken down a notch". So there's a lot of resentment and dislike for people who are below standards (shunning the mentally challenged), while also resenting and disliking those above standards (shunning the smart people, "smart ass", "nerd")....

idk if it's only in the USA, but over here there's a HUGE anti-intelligence movement socially/politically. People actively disliking smart or successful people, or even wanting to do better in school themselves. I think its that kind of "playground" logic and the issues with that they were trying to convey, and what Moriarty was trying to take advantage of. Jury swings like this, or at least the public's acceptance of these results, happen a lot in heavily publicized trials.