[Lazamataz]

In fact, highly intelligent people seem to be unusually prone to believing things nobody else would fall for, especially when they are highly abstract theories that “explain everything.” This explains, I suspect, the immense attraction of Marxism for intellectuals for a century.

I rank high in IQ tests and I didn't fall for Marxism, or any other conspiracy theory like that.

It would not be wise to fall for these things, what with the invasion of the Reptilian alien race that put fluoride in the water to control our brain waves so that the Illuminati would conquer the Council For Foreign Relations, so that Cthulu would be awakened and stage another series of fake moon landings.

Oh, by the way, John F. Kennedy was shot by 21 Mafia gunmen.

[Sherman Logan]

I’ve never claimed that all or even most intelligent people fall for stupid ideas, merely that as a group they don’t seem to be noticeably any more resistant to them than those who are less intelligent.