I have noticed that people with an extremely high IQ are no better than the rest of us in determining life’s mysteries, or what is right and wrong.
I recall many years ago, William F. Buckley said something like “having the right instinct is better than being the smartest”, and Buckley was usually the smartest man in the room.
Fraud? He’s probably using his notoriety to get laid. Think of all the dufus feminists that want a baby with perfect genes. I’m sure they’re out there. Saw it on Doogie Howser once.
Some have it, some never will.
That’s exactly what Einstein use to say. He said he would go by instinct and “circle around it” until the old light bulb would go off, sort of like turning a lens until it was in focus. I found out that is usually the case with great music composers as well like Mozart or Beethoven, Mozart said his best ideas came from the mist, I forget what word he used, while going from a walk or horse ride in a carriage. “It” is there, but they can’t put their finger on it, they circle it by instinct as if another force is directing them. Bob Dylan said the same thing, to this day he has no idea how he wrote those songs. Amazing stuff.
One of my favorite bits from “Broadcast News:”
Paul Moore: It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you’re the smartest person in the room.
Jane Craig: No. It’s awful.