the average IQ in the U.S. is 98

[bhikkhu]

43. I'm not so sure about "common sense" - ever repug I know claims to that

and uses it as a basis for their positions on most things. I've heard it so often on hate radio I've developed a deep mistrust of the term.

On the other hand, kindness is much more valuable, I think, than intelligence. My grandmother was one of the kindest (and most sensible) people I ever knew. She lived to 95, and had a wonderful life, and inspired the majority of her family toward kind and well-lived lives. On the intellectual side, I don't know how far she got with schooling or how curious she was about how the world worked. She raised many kids, loved to work in the garden and cook and putter around the house, sang old songs as she worked, knitted and made things in the evenings, and read romance novels to relax from a busy day. In old age she had visitors and guests, from morning to night most days, and was hardly ever seen without a welcoming smile.