But haven't you found that the more intelligent a person is, the more seriously they take boredom?
And as that applies to the excesses and novelty of the arts of our time, isn't that because more people are perceiving art primarily as an intellectual experience? On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:56 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > Dumb people don't always do the right thing, only the evolutionarily novel > thing. Get it? > wc > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 10:48:54 PM > Subject: For those who worship intelligence, or, I'd rather be dumb and do > the > right thing > > The following recent says: > > - Intelligent people don't always do the right thing, only the > evolutionarily novel thing. > > > http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Smart-People-Do-More-Drugs-Because-of-Evolution-2425
