Poll: Would you sacrifice your...

[Datalord]

Intelligence?

I was watching the new episode of House about the physicist. Anyone who watched it knows about Robo-doping.

Here's the scoop: If you take large amounts of cough syrup, you can forcibly decrease you brain activity (This is called robo-doping). It causes brain damage if done over a long period of time, but the majority of the negative effects can be countered by taking small amounts of ethanol a day.
In short, you can make yourself less intelligent with an OD of cough syrup and a glass of whiskey, to be repeated each day (THIS IS ILLEGAL I DO NOT SUPPORT IT THIS IS JUST KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR THE THREAD)


Would you sacrifice intelligence to gain happiness?


My answer? No, my Int and Wis are 18, and my Dex is 14, but none of my other stats beat 7.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

Christ no. It's what sets me apart from most of the rest of my school. The majority are mindless, stupid lunatics, whereas there are a few civilised gems... Ah, who am I trying to kid...

 

[Arkhangelsk]

What if my intelligence is my happiness? I love being smart, it's what separates me from the masses. I love thinking about the big questions of life, solving riddles, laughing at intellectual jokes, and debating on interesting subjects. That's my happiness. No drugs can replace that feeling.

So... no.

 

[Steeveeo]

Two words:

Hell
No

I don't really hate people with low IQ scores, but people who MAKE themselves dumber than they really are? That's a horrible kind of stupid.

It's bad enough when people act dumb to "fit in," but this is just terrible.

 

[Cherry Cola]

No, I would not. It's weak to lower yourself just because you don't want to dislike so many things.

If you're an idiot, you will dislike things even more! And nobody will take you seriously.

 

[OmegaXIII]

High IQ does not automatically equal happiness, if i knew i could be truly happy - i mean markedly more so than now if i was a little bit more stupid then i would be tempted. I'm gonna have to mull this one over

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

No. That's stupid. Mind-altering drugs are stupid. Especially those with rather large negative effects/

 

[Chronarch]

No, I quite like being smart.

 

[OmegaXIII]

I read that as long term happiness btw, if its just a buzz you're talking about then i cannot say FUCK NO emphatically enough

 

[FolkLikePanda]

No, my intelligence is what keeps me happy because I'm shite at everything else in life.

 

[Skeleon]

No. We can look at the pigs and see them enjoy their lives, rolling in dirt. But that doesn't mean I would give up what I have just to be uncaring like them.

 

[zohmbee]

Who would do this willingly in reality? I mean, seriously.

OT: No. No. Fuck no. I like my intelligence the way it is now, thank you.

 

[Gebi10000]

HELL no.my intelligence is way too precious to me to sacrifice.

 

[El Poncho]

No, long answer No because I wouldn't be happy if I wasn't smart

 

[esperandote]

Hell no, I'd do the opposite. House for ever!

 

[Amnestic]

I can kinda see why the super-intelligent fellow in the episode did it, since it seemed like his marriage would fall apart if he didn't and he chose his wife over his super brain.

Me? Fuck no. I can use my intelligence to help gain happiness while still being smart and I don't put my brain in danger of breaking.

 

[Distorted Stu]

I'd rather keep intelligence!

 

[Obrien Xp]

No, I don't support drugs on any level other than medical.

 

[dududf]

This wouldn't effect the smart anyways... as you'd have to be pretty stupid to do it, and if you're stupid enough to do it you're IQ won't take that much of a hit, it being as low as it is.

*Edit*

Also do you want to be like these guys?

I thought not.

 

[tmujir955]

Wait...

Then why the fuck is cough syrup readily available from stores?

Shit, now I'm scared of cough syrup. Another reason to not like the shit(have you tasted Vicks Nyquil!? Natiest shit I've ever drank).