Redefining Smarts
January, 1985
Not that knowledge isn't a good thing, but do you ever get the feeling that you know too much? Granted, there is a clear and present need to remember certain things--birth control, your automatic-bank-teller code number, how to keep catsup from staining (use club soda). But you can rest assured that you'll never get a table in a good restaurant by knowing the speed of sound or how to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle. The trick in the info-packed Eighties is to keep your mind unsullied by...
