Originally Posted Friday, February 21, 2014
(en masse) "Hi, C.S."
It seems really shameful, illness, but often it can be overcome. It takes time and a lot of support. That is why I am seeking "the group." As Hemingway opines in "To Have and to Have Not," "A man alone ain't got no bloody chance." That is spoken by a man who just lost his arm.
All most things require, really, is a group of people who will be nice to you. Things seem to get better that way.
Why is that so bloody hard (sorry, I got infected by Hem's use of the word)?
You'll have to ask your God. Cain and Abel and all of that. Religious myths (not just Judeo-Islamo-Christian) are chockfull of bad bickering. Even churches bicker. Then the Holy Wars and all of that.
All one wants is a room full of people to be nice.
When people have asked me what is wrong with kids today, I've always said nothing, really. IQs are still the same. There has been no sudden evo or devolution. Same gene pool. Today, however, I read that I have been mistaken. IQs, it seems, have risen in recent generations. WTF? Well, IQ is just a test measurement, and people have gotten better at taking standardized tests. My world is shaken. Nothing is real. I always knew that IQ results depended upon the conditions under which the test was given and taken and that scores could vary from one testing period to another, but it seems that IQ is not simply genetic, is not only loaded into the chromosomal DNA, but is more environmental. Now that people suffer less from childhood diseases, IQs around the world have risen. "In the early 1900s," the article reports, "only 3% of the population had jobs that were 'cognitively demanding.' . . . Today, 35% of us do."
So I was wrong. The little shits aren't just as smart as us, they're smarter!
Not than I am, of course, for I was always on the upper end of the chart. When I'm in a room with other people, I always know I'm ten percent smarter. Most always, anyway. It is a burden in some ways as I need not to always let them know it. It is difficult. Their lack of cognitive skills is often oppressive to me, and my defense has been an absurd sense of humor. Oh. . . you didn't know? Let me clue you in--it has not served me well. People either resent me or write me off for it, but the two are not mutually exclusive. You would think that they would just admit that they are stupid, but you would be wrong. They are too stupid to do that. I've come to realize that it takes a superior IQ to be embarrassed by being stupid. When I am around people whose IQs are better (oh, believe me, I always know that right off), I am slightly embarrassed. I try to be quieter and more appreciative as they seem to tolerate that. But if the room is not full of them and there is only one, well, I'm kind of with the crowd and think that maybe we should marginalize them and keep them in check which is why I understand how my absurd sense of humor has done me no good other than keeping me out of court.
Anyway, back to my point (?). It is difficult to find a group who will be nice to you. At least for some of us. Me.
Imagine being President Obama. His IQ is very high. You can tell. Maybe even more than 10% higher than people elected to the House (I'd say the average Senate IQ is a bit higher than the collective IQs of the House, too). So what do they do? That's right. No elected official has ever been more marginalized than Obama. You might think it is because of race, and it is, but it is because he is smart. They resent that as much as they resent his race. Combine the two, though, and O-M-G! You know what they call him?
So rather than join Influenza Anonymous, I am considering taking the day off from the factory to try a bit more recovery. I'm not sick so much now as worn out. Two days back at it were too much. I need to lie about and get stronger. I haven't made up my mind yet, but I will have to soon. The wrecking crew comes today, so it will not be all peace, but I can lock myself away in the study while they clean, lie in the guest bed and listen to music and the sound of their breaking things. That, or I can go to work and sit upright at my desk and feel all my energy drain away.
Let me go and apply my superior IQ to finding a solution to this problem.
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