There’s a new show on CBS called Scorpion. The ad has a line to the effect that “I assembled a team of the most brilliant people in the world. Not necessarily the most normal.”
Uh… dude? If they’re the most brilliant people in the world, BY definition they’re not the most normal. This is true of any group defined by a characteristic of being at an extreme. By that very fact, they are REMOVED from the norm.
A group of geniuses? Not normal.
A group of Olympic athletes? Not normal.
A group of billionaires? Not normal.
It’s a stupid line to use in promoting a show about a team of brilliant people, and thus it undercuts the very premise of the show.