I been working on you for years. I think the best way to gauge if you are rising out of stupidity is to consider the sports teams you support. Here's how this works....YOU: I've been reading Tolstoy and the encyclopedia. I think...maybe...I'm getting less stupid. Wait! Let me do that test that Aaron told me about. Do I like the Gators?...back to the drawing board!YOU: I've spent 10 years in Nepal studying with monks to develop my inward man. Let me do the test again: Do I like the Gators? Oh, man--I just wasted 10 years of my life!YOU: Aaron, I...I can't seem to shake stupid.ME: Listen, not everyone was born to be brilliant...or even smart...or even kind of not smart. Some are born to be in the first percentile of intelligence. Like communists and Gator fans. Just let your little light shine anyway!Always glad to help out, NBF!