I just had a thought. Intelligent people can be stupid, dumb people can be smart, intelligent people can never be dumb, and smart people can never be stupid.
“Intelligence is retarded by the fertility of the simple” Durant
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oh, that hits hard.
maybe there's an intelligence in fertility tho. I actually usually equate "simple " with "wise" as far as people go, so this quote confuses me.
For context check out “The Lessons of History” by Will and Ariel Durant