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12 Aug 2010, 6:36 pm
ladyrain wrote:
Lawnmower Man (1992) and Phenomenon (1996) are a couple of films which used the theme of getting smarter. Interesting moral to all these stories - you'll become a freak to other people and pay a price. Funny how gaining intelligence/wisdom is portrayed as something negative, yet desiring wealth and ending up stonking rich is usually seen as such a great thing.
"the tall poppy is cut down."
Yeah, it's weird isn't it. I'm not sure, but I think non obvious kinds of smart are accepted. Socially smart people are prized. Book smart people can seem to go around making everyone else feel bad for not knowing enough. Applicable intelligence is another thing, using your intelligence to improve the lives of those around you, instead of learning to read Greek or something. Not that there's anything wrong (in my view) with learning Greek just for the sake of it, and it can be useful.
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Funny thing is, there have been times when I thought life might be easier if I was dumber, but then it turned out that it's the thing that I am dumb at - understanding other people's motives - which caused most of the problems. I didn't need a cure to realise that, just more information. I needed something to provide a perception that I was lacking.
Another thing: when I was a kid I was told I was very stupid (a lot), so I believed it.
It was quite confusing to find that Charlie became more like me, so I actually ended up thinking that everyone else in the world must be so much smarter, and that was why I didn't fit - and I went on thinking that until I was in my teens, when a couple of teachers recognised my misunderstanding and realised why I was always trying to do better. I guess I'd somehow assumed that most people had an IQ of around 300.
Another thing: when I was a kid I was told I was very stupid (a lot), so I believed it.
It was quite confusing to find that Charlie became more like me, so I actually ended up thinking that everyone else in the world must be so much smarter, and that was why I didn't fit - and I went on thinking that until I was in my teens, when a couple of teachers recognised my misunderstanding and realised why I was always trying to do better. I guess I'd somehow assumed that most people had an IQ of around 300.
Heh. I had the same thing, I thought I was too smart for the people around me, but then was confused when people told me I was stupid, and also when I mostly failed school.
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12 Aug 2010, 11:14 pm
I think that it's a great book, and I wouldn't mind reading it, again.
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