drafting "Reply to Nate Soares"

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@@ -250,10 +250,6 @@ https://xkcd.com/1942/
 >
 > —"Whistling in the Dark" by They Might Be Giants
 
-> "The only thing standing in the way of my own progress," Sagreda said, "is that the forces that once dealt with us honestly have been buried too deep to reach. All I can touch now is the surface, which is shaped by nothing but whim."
->
-> —["Bit Players"](https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/winter_2014/bit_players_by_greg_egan) by Greg Egan
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 > Every asshole these days has a blog. Every asshole with a blog wants to "change the world." But the great thing about being right is that, when the world catches on, you really can't tell whether or not they heard it from you. The truth, being true, belongs to all.
 >
 > — https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2010/11/ur-heard-it-here-first-files/
@@ -328,6 +324,9 @@ https://xkcd.com/1942/
 >
 > Robin I. M. Dunbar, Primate Social Systems, Ch. 7, "Evolution of Grouping Patterns"
 
+> A similar definition of intelligence was expressed by Aquinas as "the ability to combine and separate"—the ability to see the difference between things that seem similar and to see the similarities between things which seem different.
+>
+> —Arthur R. Jensen, "How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?"
 
 > STEVEN: Test? What do you mean, test?
 > PEARL: Eugh, well, it wasn't really a "test", per se. Not in the traditional sense. We just wanted to see if you were ready to go on missions.
@@ -368,3 +367,8 @@ https://xkcd.com/1942/
 > Couldn't you tell after all these years?  
 > I wish you love  
 > And life in a world that you're dreaming of_
+
+> This is the one that I had to write  
+> It's like a letter of love with no love left out  
+>
+> —"Dying to Begin" by Stretch Princess