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Biggest Geniuses of 2010 ... Picked by MacArthur Geniuses

Jon Stewart leads the pack of influential whizzes

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 31, 2010 11:52 AM CST

(Newser) – The biggest intellectual, cultural, and technological achievements of the year were powered by these brains—some we know well, some we don’t. The Daily Beast got together with 20-plus recent winners of MacArthur “Genius” grant to determine the year’s smartest:

  1. Jon Stewart.
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