While my brain is surprisingly fantastic, it has neither raw computation power, nor the ability to make good decisions in the time of need.
I don't know exactly how to describe it, but I have been gifted with a sort of intellect that exceeds most humans.
It is a worthless little bit of understanding.
A filthy piece of intuition.
Glimpsing at the Universe and being able to see the Shadow behind it.
I get what is there, and what is not to get.
Brain is not some simple tool like, a hammer or a screwdriver.
Each of our brains is like a toolbox. We all get random tools that come with it, pick up and lose some tools along the way, and make some of our own.
>nor the ability to make good decisions in the time of need
If the situation you are faced with is not something you've deal with before, your brain can get frozen in a decision making process frantically looking for an experience from your past to compare the current situation to and tell you how to act. Example would be that some people that have lived peaceful lives tend to freeze in place when confronted with violence for the first time in life.
It is a worthless little bit of understanding. A filthy piece of intuition.
Intuition and understanding are so rare in today's world that we should put them on display in a museum, under a glass bell, so that future generations can see how it was to be a human.
That's not wisdom or intelligence. Intelligence is being able to apply what you know to new situations.
Any monkey can learn to memorize some steps, like riding a bike or driving a car even. When something unexpected happens that makes the memorized routine suddenly inapplicable you see who's intelligent and who isn't. The retards are lost, but the intelligent people who understand how things work know what to do.
It is like allowing a monkey to ride a unicycle over a linear tight-wire above a two dimensional sheet of paper populated by two dimensional beings.
Perspective doesn't matter, it will all end in disaster.
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