Not so much as a "cure", but the ability to turn it on and off whenever I want. Being able to think my way out of situations, recall information on obscure topics, having an extreme and diverse knowledge base, and creativity work great, but come at the expense at other things.
My problem is that I inadvertently make people laugh and I'm not even trying to be funny. A friend and I went on vacation in Peurto Vallarta last spring and I scraped my elbow, so I put one of those second-skin type bandages on (as to minimize scarring). A girl I met (who also comes from the Vancouver, BC area) asks me if I'm trying to quit smoking, at which point I explain what the purpose is (prevents build-up of scabbing, which actually impedes cell division, causing the wound to take longer to heal). She bursts out laughing and tells me that I'm the funniest guy ever.
Not exactly the reaction I was hoping for. If I could turn it off whenever I wanted, then I would easily avoid situations like that. But otherwise? I like being smarter than average, but on a social level, it doesn't really count for much. In the real world, intelligence is highly, highly overrated.
26 Jan 2007, 1:47 pm
