While that organization has never had any appeal, I always thought it was valuable to have around, because when they eventually came for us, they would probably

While that organization has never had any appeal, I always thought it was valuable to have around, because when they eventually came for us, they would probably start there. Half-kidding aside, I've come to believe that valuing intelligence is what we value when we need something unfalsifiable to support an unstable identity. Be competent, masterful, successful, compassionate, magnanimous, creative, and if you're really special, apply it to those things. Learning to cope and manage the fact that you're always going to be an idiot to someone is more useful than an extra sigma will ever be.