I would say Bozo the Clown is equally a genius in his own merit.
At the end the person who works reaps the benefits of his work, people who laugh get proved wrong and then search ways to discredit the other persons work.
Laughing at some one is the last ditch attempt to make the person stop doing what they are doing. When you know you are incapable of doing something, and wish to stop others from doing so in the fear they will get ahead.