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The NYT reports: Research suggests being smart can be unhealthy for an animal in an article titled Smarter Isn’t Better.
It turns out that from an evolutionary standpoint being smarter can work against you. In the case of fruit flies it actually leads to a shorter rather than a longer life.
I suppose this explains why it's natural to want to hit people from Mensa over the head with a baseball bat.
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