From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sat May 31 2003 - 11:16:27 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olga Bourlin" <fauxever@sprynet.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 11:48 AM
Subject: Boy Genius or Craft Idiot?
> On the one hand he's reputed to have an unquantifiable IQ:
>
>
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134859999_boygenius31.html
>
> On the other hand he says:
> "[arrogantly] I believe I was given a special gift from God, and [humbly]
I
> don't know why" ... and [as Miss America candidates are inclined to say]
"I
> want to use this gift to help all mankind and bring lasting world peace."
> [my italics]
>
> Being that I am constantly naive on this subject, it is astouding to me
when
> people say they were given a special gift from god (female singers are
> especially likely to say this). But what I don't understand is how a
brain
> (as in the boy genius story) that makes mathematical and scientific
> connections doesn't make the observation that we just crawled out of the
> ocean not all that long ago ... and that there is no Monkey King.
>
>
### Is he a believer or just smart at playing monkey games?
Rafal
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