>>99074586Dipper really doesn't show signs of being as smart as Ford. Even then Ford is a pretty bad example. He made money selling mind control to the U.S. government to take people right's away (would Dipper even do that?) and still wound up lost and alone and probably a virgin at 65 or something.
Without making unethical super gadgets I don't know how long Ford's grant for "studying fairies" would have lasted, only his one friend was convinced to help him instead of doing shit that would have made him rich, so he wound up a psychotic homeless hobo instead. I don't even think it would be realistic for Dipper to get a grant to "study ghosts" by the time he's old enough though. Hopefully, he'll just grow up eventually and get an actual job.
