Using a large dataset and controlling for a variety of factors, including sex, age, height, socioeconomic status, and genetic ancestry, scientists found that people with larger brains rated higher on measures of intelligence and educational attainment. Size was far from everything, however, explaining only about two percent of the variation in smarts. [1] We like to praise intelligence. And yet, what has intelligence ever done to reduce our ignorance? Any new answers just create more questions, which crave for more answers. Do you feel wise because you are answering anything? Try not answering anything. Try accepting the cosmos as it is. Letting the breeze of existence flow through you. And you will see that you are a complete idiot. Accepting that, would be the smartest thing you ever did…
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