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Apr. 11th, 2011 15:06Sunday April 10, 2011 Waking idea: Overthrowing a national government by raising the intelligence of the country's population.
I think making a story out of it would require figuring out how it would backfire.
Part of what inspired this: an amateur story in which oversexed sority girls have their intelligence enhanced so they'll be attracted to members of the geeky fraternity. (Not linked to because the characters and sex scenes are boring.) And, of course, Poul Anderson's sf novel _Brain Wave_.
Also, sf in which everyone becomes saner/more observant/__, leading to social change. (The earliest I know of is H. G. Wells, _In the Day of the Comet_, 1906. One sign of increased sanity: people become naturally polyamorous.)
***Bag sale at Walker Methodist Church. Three dollars a bag; stuff which didn't fit into a bag 75 percent off.
I think making a story out of it would require figuring out how it would backfire.
Part of what inspired this: an amateur story in which oversexed sority girls have their intelligence enhanced so they'll be attracted to members of the geeky fraternity. (Not linked to because the characters and sex scenes are boring.) And, of course, Poul Anderson's sf novel _Brain Wave_.
Also, sf in which everyone becomes saner/more observant/__, leading to social change. (The earliest I know of is H. G. Wells, _In the Day of the Comet_, 1906. One sign of increased sanity: people become naturally polyamorous.)
***Bag sale at Walker Methodist Church. Three dollars a bag; stuff which didn't fit into a bag 75 percent off.