{"id":237,"date":"2007-04-16T16:11:24","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T21:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenfager.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/archives\/237"},"modified":"2007-04-16T16:11:24","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T21:11:24","slug":"intellectual-word-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenfager.com\/wordpress\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual Word Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

“He had a stroke of genius.”<\/p>\n

Questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Why do great and revolutionary ideas occur in strokes?<\/li>\n
  2. Is it not potentially life threatening then, to be a genius?<\/li>\n
  3. Would said stroke and its effects impair the genius’ capability to relate the idea to others?<\/li>\n
  4. Is is possible to have a “gran mal seizure” of genius?<\/li>\n
  5. Are the maladies that follow such monumental moments of genius limited to the brain? e.g. A heart attack of clarity. An infarction of prodigy. Renal failure of brilliance. Diabetes of erudition.<\/li>\n
  6. Would I have to then alert my insurance company of my intelligence quotient, thereby making it more difficult to obtain adequate heath insurance coverage?<\/li>\n
  7. (Darwin Warning: Christians jump ahead to question 9.) Is it possible that nature has a built in Darwinian mechanism to severely limit the reproductive capabilities of geniuses by striking them with such maladies?<\/li>\n
  8. If yes to question 7.: Does the function of such maladies serve a purpose, that being mantaining the intellectual hegemony of the species?<\/li>\n
  9. (This question is for the bible thumpers who dispute Darwin out of hand.) Why does God love to smite the smarties?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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