I still haven't had a chance to look at the comments… But I will, once my master, the Great God Procrastidemus, gives me permission.

Otherwise, having completely alienated another one of the fine patrons of the coffee shop where I spend my mornings writing, I thought I would talk about the perils of calling smart people stupid.

The conversations almost always start with some variant of the question: "So you think you're a critical thinker?" The most recent one ended with me saying, "I'll shut u...