IQ Adult is about extending your mind.

IT’S GREY, BUT IT SHOULD BE GREEN.

Your brain is the wrong color, metaphorically speaking. Yes I know it’s really the mind, not brain I’m referring to, but that doesn’t sound as good.

Q. What’s this guy talking about? A. When a tree is growing, it’s green. When it gets old and established and can’t be moved any more it goes grey. The more it loses its color, the more useless it gets. When it stops being fruitful it starts dying.

It’s the same with your mind. Ideas are your fertilizer. They nourish growth. When we stop considering other viewpoints, we stop growing.

SO. How about investigating another religion to see what they’re talking about?
Is Witchcraft all about Satan worship?
Are gay men interested in little boys?
Do lesbians hate men?
Are Negros less intelligent?
Is democracy the best system of government?
How much “freedom” do we really have?
Is robbing people the best way to get rich?
Are computers the death of society?
Will robots become sentient beings?
Are statistics irrefutable?
Can you think for yourself?
Are you always right?

We can easily make two columns there.

There is something magical in old people who embrace fresh ideas, who remember how “naughty” they were as teenagers. They see the world from a higher viewpoint. They pass on the understanding they garnered over many years yet still find room to consider how things have changed.

When you consider a holiday as sitting at a bar on a beach with other souvenir seekers, you’ve gone off track. A better holiday would be one to stretch your mind to new thinking. Go to Tibet, Zambia, live with the homeless in your own town for a month. (Don’t take any money or credit card.)

Soak up new experiences. Do you think what you call meditating is really meditating? Isn’t what you’re doing just a relaxation technique?

Do you vote for the person, party or policy? Why?

Do you respond to a serious question immediately, before giving thought to its reason or possible relevance to the topic?

Even fools have something to teach.

Life isn’t a matter of keeping mindlessly busy or sipping cocktails by the pool. It’s a voyage of discovery. The end is near when you aren’t interested or interesting any more. If you keep telling the same joke it’s time to get a joke book.

If you never tell a joke, it’s time to see the clever presentation of a fine comedian. It’s something to strive for.

Do you complain about the movies? Make a half hour thriller.

Old people tend to have leg troubles. Buy a bicycle now or start dance lessons. Meet new people.

Start a blog; you’re reading one. Tell us your story. That means you have to think about it, organize it and make it interesting. It may end up being that book you always were going to write.

FEED YOUR MIND. Keep those green shoots coming.

Wit or Wisdom.

This is really from the Massachusetts Bar Association journal.

• Q: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"
  A: "No."
  Q: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
  A: "No."
  Q: "Did you check for breathing?"
  A: "No."
  Q: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"
  A: "No."
  Q: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
  A: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
  Q: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
  A: "It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."

I rest my case for promoting intelligence.
Jay Ross. IQAdult.

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