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Re:Our IQs have never been higher – but it hasn’t made us smart by kiba on Friday September 30, 2016 @10:05AM (#12612484)
Read poetry: you will find wisdom, not science. Truth, not facts. Beauty, not data.

People writing nice-sounding words does not in fact necessarily constitutes wisdom.

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Re:Our IQs have never been higher – but it hasn’t made us smart by erik14th on Friday September 30, 2016 @10:29AM (#12612643)
Poetry is a lot less about form than most people think. It's actually the opposite if you think about it, poetry is to write freely.
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