Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

Every now and again, as I'm marking some exams, I'm amazed when one of my students shows some intelligence. Intelligence was invented by my Invisible Magic Friend and then given to us - this was a miracle. Other animals, including primates, weren't given anywhere near as much intelligence, which is why they don't present Thought For The Day.

Some students are taking drugs to make themselves more intelligent, which is a bit unfair on all the stupid students. My IMF allows things like coffee, because it makes us more intelligent, but doesn't allow alcohol, because that makes us stupider. Unfortunately, despite being dictated by my IMF, who knows everything, the Koran doesn't say whether Ritalin is allowed or not, so I'm unable to have a definite opinion on this.

Some people naively assume that because chemicals in the brain seem to affect our intelligence, that this is where our intelligence comes from, but that's not the case. Intelligence comes from your invisible magic self, which we experts in invisible magic things call a "soul". Chemicals in the brain can only make your intelligence go up or down. It's the invisible magic self that produces intellects like mine.

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