Question why some people call me a savant

Idiot savants (the medical term) generally have one or more amazing skills that they can’t explain and that don’t seem to have been acquired through study.

geniuses have supper high intelligence but it doesn’t follow they know all that much if they haven’t studied.

you have gained specialist knowledge through dedicated study … the correct term would be expert. You may possibly be some level or degree of expert in your field. 

Idiot savant and savant are different entities. Savant is from the French and means 'a learned man, scientist', ultimately derived from the Latin 'sapio', 'I am wise'.

However when most people say savant they use it as a short hand for idiot savant. A term they’ve probably only heard a handful of times in the odd documentary about Kim peek and the film rain man. Most people who use that term won’t know it’s French or what the word means in French.

However when most people say savant they use it as a short hand for idiot savant. A term they’ve probably only heard a handful of times in the odd documentary about Kim peek and the film rain man. Most people who use that term won’t know it’s French or what the word means in French.

i heard it that way from dragon age. there was this character that was clearly mentally ill but had a skill for enchanting items. patronized and treated like a child but in one area you found him surrounded by the corpses of all the foes he had slain. which probably would have gave him a side quest back story but i guess the writers just didnt bother.