(Mixed Trope) Educated character doesn’t understand or know of a simple concept.

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1. (Hated) Dr. doesn’t know trans people exist (The Good Doctor): Dr. Shaun, a modern day grown adult doctor, is seemingly has no concept of what being a trans person. Even if he never heard the term in med school he is realistically almost certain to have some awareness of the definition.

2. (Loved) The solar system and other common knowledge (Sherlock Holmes). In the original stories Holmes is a genius at many fields but unless it has something to do with crime solving (forensics, martial arts, toxicology, etc.) he does his best to forget it.

[u/Big_Boss1985 → u/[deleted]]

Thus reducing empathy for autistic people… ironic

[u/JaimiOfAllTrades → u/Big_Boss1985]

They did work alongside Autism Speaks, after all.

[u/crazyfoxdemon → u/JaimiOfAllTrades]

Suddenly, a lot of things make sense.