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People miss the point. Intelligence isn't a gift for most people it is just a curse that you have to over come.
by baldfat 11y ago
People miss the point. Intelligence isn't a gift for most people it is just a curse that you have to over come.
- tzs 11y agoSee "The Simpsons" episode BABF22, "HOMЯ", for an hilarious exploration of this theme. In that episode, it is discovered that Homer's IQ was drastically lowered by an untreated childhood mishap. The damage is fixed, and Homer becomes much more intelligent than most of the other inhabitants of Springfield and it makes his life miserable, leading him to lament "is there no place for the man with the 105 IQ?" and purposefully restore the damage to return his IQ to normal Springfield levels.
- nickpeterson 11y agohmm, I haven't seen this episode, but it feels like it was a spoof on the novella 'Flowers for Algernon', a somewhat heart-wrenching story young children tend to be subjected to.
- smrtinsert 11y agoArtie: Hello, classmates. Instead of voting for some athletic hero or a pretty boy, you have elected me, your intellectual superior, as your king. Good for you. - Simpsons