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Intelligence is raw processing power. Rationality is correct software. A fast CPU can run buggy programs just as quickly as it can run correct programs.

Unless you're just trying to show off your Passmark scores, you're better off running a correct program on a Raspberry Pi than a buggy program on a quad-Xeon rig.

Many intelligent people waste their brain cells trying to argue that the moon landing was fake, vaccines cause autism, etc. just as often as powerful computers waste electricity running malware. That doesn't make them any less intelligent. They're just really good at executing poorly written software as quickly as possible, which often helps disguise the fact that their software is a pile of crap in the first place.




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