Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: OT: Farewell Windows Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 04:52:57 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <4b288676-8710-4eab-9962-b72fd8efa804@googlegroups.com> <8d106b9a-cb7a-4f89-a913-1dde4f129217@googlegroups.com> <2b6c8713-36cd-438b-a9d3-c18dde789f08@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:41222 On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 05:32:27 -0400, Bernd Paysan wrote: > Of course, intelligence amplifies your capabilities, and allows you > to work around limitations. Of course, it can also be argued that intelligence dulls your ambition and chances at success. This is because smart people can rationalize anything and will reject potentially invalid solutions as a waste of time. Stupid people are too dumb to realize that the same solution shouldn't work in the first place. So, they'll try it. In many instances, the stupid succeed where smart people fail. This is why there is no proven correlation between intelligence and wealth. Rod Pemberton -- Scientists now say we'll experience a mini-ice in 2030. So, I guess we need more global warming today ...