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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothic_Demon" data-source="post: 2156318" data-attributes="member: 19828">I have to disagree with the assumption that morality and intellect are intimately tied together. Rather, we only have to look at people today who are bright and intelligent, who can think through problems and come up with well reasoned answers; oh, and are greedy, self-centred individuals who would squash anyone like a bug for the right amount of dollars. Intellect is the capacity to reason and think, morality is the ability to accept the consequences of your actions and to empathise with the situations of others.I don't think these two are in any way tied together, which is why there are as many dumbass good people helping all around the world as there are really smart evil people screwing over as many as they can get.I appreciate the argument that rationally, the most sensible and effective idea is that if everyone helps each other then everyone will have everything they want. (A Good idea if ever I heard one.) I agree with this idea, but I also see the draw of "I don't care what you get, it's about what I've got, and I want more than you." People of all levels of intelligence think this way.And thus I voted "None". I don't think that your morality and your intellect are so intimately tied together as to make people with a certain outlook on life more intelligent.</blockquote>