Some people strive so hard to prove they are intellectually superior to other men not realizing how truly stupid they are compared to their Creator.
Right. Hawkins is putting his eternity against ‘his smarts’ and became a fool. He’s mentally challenged to even ‘get’ that the Supernatural reigns over the natural - and that’s what he’s been ‘trying to do’ - to make himself superior to God. Satan ‘tried’ also.