High IQ people are good at manipulating and fitting mental lego blocks together. They are NOT inherently good at apprehending truth. Give a high IQ person a bunch of retarded building blocks (i.e. flawed axioms), and they’ll build an entire retarded mental castle

.@naval: Looking for truth is the opposite of looking for social approval. “I’m deeply suspicious of groups of people coming to the truth in anything, because it’s not to say groups are bad. Humans are cooperators by nature. We need groups to get things done. But... See more

if you’re smart, pivot to being cool/hot