Not putting myself in his league (he simpered, lying), but Dante had to finish his Divine Comedy in exile, because he got too caught up in the politics of his day, which compromised his thoughts about the politics of heaven and hell. I attracted a following once, before they met me. Then, despite my bluff bonhomie, they realized that I only needed somewhere between 10 and 100 of words they put on a page to calculate their IQ as Stanford-Binet would measure it. One by one they all realized this and withdrew from me. Understandably, it makes them think that any relationship with me is me using them, women being the sole exception. Which is completely not true. Why? Two reasons. One counterintuitive, one demonstratively proven. First , am I really that smart, able to make such determinations? Yes. I was bred, born, and raised to be the last great Victorian intellect. Always off the charts, I skipped second grade, had to pass up being enrolled in prep school as a sophomore whe...