15 January 2004 - first-rate intelligence

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2004 : 15 January 2004

A Rare Skill?

The sign of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind and notice the contradiction.

clue:

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

give me a clue so sweet and true