People generalize the concept of "intelligence," far too much. What are you talking about: do you mean the innate talent someone has to put a set of blocks together so that they're seamless and in a recognizable form (solve a puzzle quickly)?Do you mean the skill with which someone is able to recognize the underlying similarities shared by a series of objects, and thus predict the next in a sequence (pattern recognition)?Do you mean whether someone can remember the voltage on a membrane of a neuron that triggers an action potential and sends a charge shooting across the synapse (which I don't, personally, but it's still an example of memory)?So how about the people who can calculate endless digits of pi infinitely like some kind of computer, but can't tie their own shoes in the morning? Or who are truly unbeatable in a very restricted game environment like chess or go -- but then can't tell you how much change to give somebody if they buy a coffee for 2.93 and pay 5.00 dollars?What I'm getting at is that intelligence is so much more than people generally think of it as being. It's so many dozens or hundreds -- or even thousands or more -- skills and processes that come together to create a human mind. What we know and learn and absorb and see and experience is what determines what our minds are truly capable of. And that is not set in stone at birth. I.Q. is almost meaningless and varies through life. Yes, it will help you solve a puzzle very quickly. Yes, it will help you recognize patterns in repeating sequences. Yes, it will help you learn things faster than you otherwise might. But a lack of it does not mean you can't learn everything anybody else can. It just means it will take longer.... and yes, there are people whose intelligence is so below average that they will not live long enough to learn certain things no matter how hard they try. It's sad, but it's true. So be it, it's not their fault and they shouldn't be blamed for it.My point, here, is that education is what matters. Knowledge is the truest form of power. Look around at your neighborhood. There used to be fucking animals roaming all over the place. Then we came along, and slowly, we conquered them. Then we conquered some more. And we kept coming along and kicking the shit out of every single goddamn life form we encountered practically without contest, until we discovered that we ruled the entire fucking planet with an iron fist.And now we're destroying it. Such is life. But my point is that education is not pointless. It is not "one or the other," my friends. Both is best. You lose *nothing* by gaining an education, but you gain a tremendous amount. Learn. Learn all you can everywhere you can in every possible way you can, and you will never find a situation that you cannot master.Unless the guy you're up against learned more than you did. Or a rock falls on your head or something. Then you're just straight up fucked :P