[TWilliam]

I think they have it a bit backwards tho'. It's not that grumpy people are smarter, it's that smarter people tend to be grumpier because we see beyond surfaces and recognize that Disney et. al. sold us a colossal bill of goods. We see the shit beneath all the Shinola...

[davep]

So wouldn't it be smarter to just go with the flow, you know, swallow the other pill? Surely happiness should be a goal?

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'S')o wouldn't it be smarter to just go with the flow, you know, swallow the other pill? Surely happiness should be a goal?

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'T')here is a difference between intelligence and wisdom.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'T')here is none so wise as the village idiot (no, not you).

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'T')here is a difference between intelligence and wisdom.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', 'T')here is also a huge difference between wisdom and 'blissful ignorance'...

[Minvaren]

"There are many things of which a wise man might wish to remain ignorant." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Minvaren', '&')quot;There are many things of which a wise man might wish to remain ignorant." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '&')quot;Of all the thing in heaven and hell that are known that which I wish to know most is that which I need to know least"

[Sixstrings]

It's true, ignorance is bliss. There's an old Southern saying.. "too much thinkin' will drive you crazy."