>>11304437What makes intelligence healthier to strive for?
Some people are stupid. Do you think that they would be better off if they accepted that and made no effort to compensate for that? Do you think that those who are aware that they are stupid do not suffer because of that?
There are at least two solutions to most-every problem and one of those solutions is accepting things as they are. You can try to be a better person or you can accept your deficient personality. You can try to change the world for the better or you can accept the status quo. You can fight for your survival or you can accept death. What makes the pursuit of beauty different from the pursuit of virtue? What are ethics but those aesthetics that you wish to force upon the world?
If you think that you are better off not caring about beauty then I believe you. If you say that pursuing beauty harmed you then I believe you. Do what is best for you. Do not presume to know what is best for me. Yes, some things are dangerous to pursue, but that does not make the chase less noble. Let me take the risk, let me cast the die, let me reap what I have sown, for better or for worse.
If there is a path I want to know of it. Whether I walk it or not is up to me.
