Equally he could be using the quotes to signify that "geniuses" is intended as a general insult to all of the people who comment frequently on this board with new information about this facility; perhaps trying to indicate that if they are smart enough to do this, why have they not destroyed our captors?

After all, I doubt there are many who could be considered legitimately a genius, and as he doesn't appear to have known about you (assuming you are in fact intelligent enough to warrant such a term), I doubt he was trying to insult you in particular.

- Brainiac 5