See &quot;The Simpsons&quot; episode BABF22, &quot;HOMЯ&quot;, for an hilarious exploration of this theme. In that episode, it is discovered that Homer&#x27;s IQ was drastically lowered by an untreated childhood mishap.<p>The damage is fixed, and Homer becomes much more intelligent than most of the other inhabitants of Springfield and it makes his life miserable, leading him to lament &quot;is there no place for the man with the 105 IQ?&quot; and purposefully restore the damage to return his IQ to normal Springfield levels.