I spose 'ironic' is one word you could use in reference to some of the greatest people of our time:
Arguably the most intelligent man on the planet - Dr Stephen Hawking - locked in a twisted body and incapable of speech but capable of explaining the complexities of time and space to mere mortals.
And what about Nelson Mandela? Is it not ironic that he was locked away for 25 years, only to wind up the leader of his nation - and working alongside his former captors without recrimination and retribution?
What about that group of people referred to as savants? Almost incapable of operating as independent human beings in many cases but, among other things, variously capable of generating the most extraordinary art works, remembering entire telephone books, replaying complex and lengthy musical pieces after hearing them once and so on.
These kinds of irony bring a lump to my throat.
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