Critics of Scotus’ work described his followers as “dunces”; the “dunce cap” was later used as a form of punishment in schools and the word “dunce” has come to be used as a term to describe someone dull-witted.
There’s no way on God’s earth that a baseball cap could be a thinking cap. A flat hat, a deerstalker, even a beret – military style, but not a baseball cap.
Duh! That was then, this is now. Please do not make assumptions about people you converse with online.