[ExI] The downsides of high IQ

James Clement clementlawyer at gmail.com
Wed Apr 15 17:07:43 UTC 2015


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> Look over to Andart for a poster-child example.  All those cool ideas; the
> man doesn’t even ask for anything in return.  Brain-whores just give it
> away!  How can idea-purveyors compete with that?
>
> In our modern world, brains are cheap, and a lot of it is my favorite
> pricetag: free.
>
> Oh what a glorious time to be living.  We higher primates evolved these
> bulbous frontal lobes for exactly this era.  Give it away until you are
> sore, then give more.
>
>
>

I like to think that we're all earning Whuffies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuffie

James
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