I find it ironic that people who believe they possess an inordinate amount of intelligence so often fail to notice how limited is its capacity for solving actual human problems. Or perhaps it is not ironic at all, because every man with delusion of grandeur -- intelligent or not -- would think that it is the qualities that he possess would one day make him a member of the ruling class, or falling short of that -- a superhero.

Luckily, we who have studied computer science and know a thing or two about completeness and complexity and therefore the limits of reason, can easily call the bluff. After all, when human beings are concerned a solution to a problem may involve nothing more than swaying the minds of people, something people with high intelligence often seem comically unable to do.

So while I could easily think of a few qualities humanity is in urgent need of more than intelligence — charisma, empathy, good looks and a sense of humor — I believe that this particular piece would have been much better if the author’s eugenics plan had been in effect prior to his birth.