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Sometimes Rocket Scientists are Wrong

My almost-ex-husband is brilliant.   Not just smart or bright - brilliant.  I knew that when I met him, even though he was still struggling through his undergraduate degree.  Five years after we started dating, he got his mechanical engineering degree; two years later, he earned his master's degree in industrial engineering; and now he is, quite literally, a rocket scientist.  His brain is a wonder, and works so differently than my artistic grey matter. I've always deeply respected his work ethic and God-given intelligence that got him there (I still do).  For his bedtime reading he would bring an engineering or physics book to bed, and I'd fruitlessly try to read over his shoulder; what was unintelligible to me was clear information to him.  Absolutely incredible. Because of his proven brilliance, I usually trusted his opinion of all things.  The man has a steel-trap memory and incredible analytical recall; he is a walking encyclopedia.  Countless times I would