[Heyworth]

He's a wacky old man without much education who doesn't deserve the attention he's getting

That wacky old man without much education won $25,000 on "Jeopardy" in 1968. That's the money he moved his family to Australia on. He's not stupid or unknowledgable. He is, however, an autodidact, and they usually have huge blind spots somewhere.

[CobaltBlue]

Autodidact is a good word here. I like that way of putting it. I have no reason to doubt his intelligence, nor, for that reason, any reason to believe that he's particularly intelligent, but, as you say, stupid people don't win at Jeopardy.

Just took a break from looking at the financial records of an 83 year old client. He is way behind on his spousal support, his ex is almost as old as he is. Very well educated, used to be a hot shot once upon a time. He doesn't want to realize how impaired he is, and his children don't want to realize it, either.