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I was stupid when I was 17 or 18. My thought process was that I thought that I was legitimately a hyper-genius, and so I wanted to go to the hardest academic school I could to see if I was really as smart as I thought I was.

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Tucker Max
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 27
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Film Producer
Screenwriter
Atlanta
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