this response is not *directed* at the original poster: >She >always argued that you could reach an intelligence level that would make >you so smart that other people would become intollerable. You'd have a >hard time communicating with them, and so on. that would be intelligence coupled with arrogance. just because somebody doesn't like to read salinger or doesn't understand things on a level you think you do doesn't mean they are stupid (or, to be safe, "less intelligent") or that you're a poor soul to have to be around them and not at a mensa meeting.