... As it happens, I am extremely, highly intelligent.
In the top 2 percentile of the population.


Peter Wiley wrote:
Gee, all that 'talent' and you can't learn how to sail.


He probably wouldn't find it noisy or fast-paced enough. We
are dealing with a huge population of people... the 3rd
generation of 'raised-by-TV' kids... who are pathologically
impatient and have short attention spans. Most of them also
believe that gratification of their whim of the moment
should be the highest priority of the Universe.

This is one reason why politics have devolved to the point
it has today.

Sailing is complex & subtle, requires careful observation of
one's surroundings, and analysis of forces which cannot be
directly seen.

Asking most people to learn to sail would be like asking a
Jack Russell terrier to learn chess.

DSK