the greatest geniuses in the history of the world - from socrates through to turing - have all been attacked and killed by the societies they inhabited.

i'm not saying i belong in that list.

i'm just asking you to think carefully about what the outcome of this situation implies.

i still don't know if i wanted to stay in that basement or not. the fact is that the smoke was awful, and the landlord was an idiot. but, it's clear enough that they didn't want me there, and they would have figured out a way to get me out of there, eventually. i think i reacted the way i had to. i can't and don't want to stay here.

but, the basic truth is that when you force a smart person to exist amongst stupid people, the stupidity usually wins. you could even argue that intelligence is very actively selected out...