A note on *****s:

The most *****ic comment above was an appeal to the dictionary to decide whether or not certain people deserved the appelation of *****s. Dictionaries rarely solve such issues, since meanings of words evolve quickly and can even evolve during the course of a discussion.

But I would like to introduce a new distinction, between idiot savants and *****ic savants.

As you know, an idiot savant is someone uncannily gifted in certan subjects but idiotic about most things.

The new term, '*****ic savants', refers to people who are gifted in general, but whose approach or attitude on certain subjects is amazingly obtuse.

This latter term might be most precise in the current instance.