What's with UC Irvine?  I wonder how this institute go about selecting its faculty.  First you have Navarro, then this professor who raves about intelligence (cerebral prowess).  I'm not denying how this intelligence has improved material life for the populace of the First World, but there's a catch, and a huge one at that.  How does it fare in the rest of the world, and look at what it has brought about to the whole planet in terms of human well-being, or lack thereof?   This kind of intelligence run unchecked has wrought havoc on the planet the way "underprivileged" (as this term is defined by the professor) folks could never have done in a million years.  The Intelligentsia heaping praises on itself because it doesn't know any better.  If survivor of the fittest should serve as the yardstick here, to stay the current course would lead us straight to extinction within the foreseeable future.  Proclaiming this capability the exclusive sine-qua-non for success in life without more is idiotic, to say the least.,(reply>), The unintelligent are the threat to our existence, not the intelligent. Social constructs are the real threat , providing false promises to the unfit by parasites selling hope to the hopeless.