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My husband has finally gotten me to agree to get around to watching the third season of Sherlock with him.<\/p>\n
There is a scene between Sherlock and Mycroft discussing their contempt of lesser beings with lesser intellects and it got under my fingernails.<\/p>\n
I’m in sort of a similar situation to Sherlock.\u00a0 Let’s just say while I knew I was smart, when I found out what my IQ actually was, I was startled. \u00a0Like Sherlock, I have a brother whose IQ is higher. (He also has a son who is smarter than both of us)<\/p>\n
We do NOT sit around rolling our eyes at the idiotic proles, okay?\u00a0 We’re bright, that’s great, and there’s a lot more to being a superior human being than the ability to do well on a standardized test.\u00a0 There are lots<\/strong> of people with lower IQs and more drive that are more successful than me, ‘kay?<\/p>\n But more than that.\u00a0 Kindness matters.\u00a0 I mean really<\/em> matters.\u00a0 Yes, intelligence is awesome and useful and I bless the people who used their amazing brains to make the device I’m typing this on, who develop cures for diseases, who help people.<\/p>\n But brains do not give you a free pass to be an asshole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My husband has finally gotten me to agree to get around to watching the third season of Sherlock with him. There is a scene between Sherlock and Mycroft discussing their contempt of lesser beings with lesser intellects and it got under my fingernails. I’m in sort of a similar situation to Sherlock.\u00a0 Let’s just … <\/p>\n