If our greater intelligence is the hallmark of our species, then we should use it as all the other beings use their distinctive advantages — to help ensure that their offspring prosper and their heredity is passed on. Our intelligence is imperfect, surely, and newly arisen; the ease with which it can be sweet-talked, overwhelmed, or subverted by other hardwired propensities — sometimes themselves disguised as the cool light of reason — is worrisome. But if intelligence is our only edge, we must learn to use it better, to sharpen it, to understand its limitations and deficiencies — to use it as cats use stealth, as walking sticks use camouflage, to make it the tool of our survival. If we do this, we can solve almost any problem we are likely to confront in the next 100,000 years.” - Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Neil deGrasse Tyson Its okay to be smart. Its okay to be intellectual. Its okay to be curious. Dont let those who would demean you for being intelligent and understanding science affect how you live your life or how you support causes that are important to you.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:30:12 +0000
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