Good points all. No doubt RW was a full tilt genius. Sharp humor in general is considered a sign of high intelligence. But like you say, at the end of the day, what does brilliance get you? A longer, higher view of oblivion, if that’s all there is. Thank God there is so much more.
A lady had a poster on her wall where I worked back in 1983. It said, this:
The truth shall set you free. But first it will make you sick.
It’s stuck with me to this day. Ignorance can be bliss.