assplode

@assplode@kbin.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assuming a button that, every time you push it, your intelligence goes up. The obvious and sane thing to do is to push the button all day. Yes? No? Maybe? Is there something that I'm missing here?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It's very tempting to shamash that button. Intelligence is lionized. It's high praise to call someone a genius. I'd probably wait on any button pushing until I'm old enough to have some cognitive decline.

  I'm no genius. I'm a bit above average intelligence. And I have to say, I'm not sure it's done much to improve my overall happiness.

  Like many gifts, it's a double-edged sword. Having a higher capacity for language, problem solving, and memorization has done a lot to ostracize me for my peers over the years.