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erikpukinskis
on May 23, 2017
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Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence
Intelligence is like TNT. It's not a virtue... it can just destroy things very quickly, for good or for ill.
steanne
on May 23, 2017
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I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being -- forgive me -- rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.
--Albus Dumbledore
arethuza
on May 23, 2017
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I have to say that the really truly awful mistakes I've seen people make in my career in computing were actually
extremely
bright people acting with sheer hubris.
flukus
on May 23, 2017
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-- Typed on a machine only possible because a lot of very smart people came before me.
I wish you luck in your future hunter-gatherer career.
erikpukinskis
on May 24, 2017
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Did you miss the part where I said "good or ill"?
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