Monday, October 11, 2021

Intelligence test

Before I go on with this short history,
let me make a general observation—
the test of a first-rate intelligence
is the ability to hold two opposed ideas
in the mind at the same time,
and still retain the ability to function.

        F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-up

 

 

 

 

 

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