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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (172058)	10/6/2005 10:46:11 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Re High IQ: I will make it easy for you to understand. 1). It is much better to be smart (for our purposes smart and high IQ are used interchangeably) than to be stupid (with low IQ). I am pretty sure you agree with me on that (at least deep down inside). But, on the surface of things and being a smart ass <gggg> you could make the argument either way. But I know where you stand deep down. 2). Good is better than evil. Pure evil destroys itself. I am sure deep down you agree with me on that - except (being a smart ass <gg>) you can cherry pick between good and evil to come up with various alternative strategies. But I am not going for it. Don't waste your time. You can obfuscate all you want (with your MENSA IQ and all ), but you are not going to win this arguement. There are lot of low IQ type people that are terrific people. They can have a terrific life. But life is unfair in that way. For low IQ types, they would have to work very hard to succeed in life. High IQ types do not have to work as hard. But there is nothing that sez high IQ types can't also work very hard. In fact, high IQ types are more likely to see the correlation between hard work and getting positive results from it. Sure low IQ types can understand this. But it is not all that easy to see. It is not all that easy to make all the correlations. Another example. People are smarter than cats. But some cats can be very loving. They may end up doing less harm than a lot of people. But a human being is more likely to throw himself on top of and smother an explosive because he can make the calculation that by that action - he can provide for doing the greater good. A cat can't make that analysis. Of course you are going to tell me that low IQ people can make that assessment as well as high IQ people. But, don't waste your time, I know that you know better. I know you have an high IQ - and you will make the selfulling argument that high IQ people will sometimes argue stupid stuff - just to show how smart they are <ggggg>.