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There is no single measure of intellect. We as a society just set some arbitrary goalposts and added some ways to measure contribution. The ability to take a step back and try to better understand reality will always be valuable, and there will always be a horizon there that we cannot measure.

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Measuring intellect is one thing, valuing it is another. Within my lifetime I've sadly seen intellectual excellence valued less and less by society with each passing decade.

I see that intellect is valued more and more intensely by a smaller and smaller group of people. I'm not sure what that means, but it gives me some small hope.

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