Intelligence

"I grew up implicitly thinking that intelligence was this, like really special human thing and kind of somewhat magical. And I now think that it's sort of a fundamental property of matter..." @sama

Some people are intelligent but don’t have a lick of smarts. Their ability to succeed in the world might surprise you on the downside.

Others lack intelligence but gush smarts. Their potential will surprise you on the upside.

On rare occasions you meet people who are both intelligent and smart. They run laps around everyone.

I’d define intelligence... See more

The Manfield amendments were a huge blow to Project Whorl. Panic set in among the Trustees as they scheduled urgent meetings with top officials from the Nixon administration, including the president himself. Out of those meetings came a brilliant idea. The Gang of Eight has to be briefed on all special access programs, even those that are waived... See more