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Originally Posted by Nocapszy
Most of our brainspace is wasted on routine maintenance of its vehicle. Steven Hawking is smarter because his body doesn't work, and doesn't require repairs.
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That is utter nonsense... sorry... I try not to make absolute statements with such vigor, but that's nonsense...
Hawking was smarter and more driven than normal people well before his body started deteriorating from his disease. And Christopher Reeve didn't suddenly start writing top-notch literature or conducting experiments on spinal injuries just because he lost the use of his body.
And we tend to forget that the able-bodied Einstein was and will always be a far greater influence on the world and its thinking than Hawking... Newton, Einstein... Hawking doesn't quite make it in that highest of echelons... so am I to draw conclusions about his intelligence from his disease?
I think this is a bad induction from an
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