I often think about the smartest man in the world. While I envy him, I also greatly pity him. To be the smartest man in the world, he must also, to some extent, be insane. Insane means lacking sanity or the ability to function sanely in society.
The most intelligent man in the world lives the most absurd life out of anyone.
Picture the smartest man in the world knowing the solution to what a regular man sees as an unsolvable equation. The most intelligent man has figured out this unsolvable solution and aims to explain it to regular men. Only, the problem is so complex and requires so many intricate details and sub-equations of which regular man is unaware. Since regular men cannot comprehend the extensiveness of this unsolvable equation and cannot fathom that an individual exists that could have solved it, it is likelier that regular men will consider the smartest man as insane, delusional, or not in the right state of mind.
Picture the smartest man in the world now labeled as insane or mentally unstable, trying even harder to explain the unsolvable equation to regular men. Nobody believes him, and nobody can even grasp the complexity involved in what he futilely tries to explain. After a while, the most intelligent man begins to lose his sanity because no one can understand the complexities of his thoughts and understanding. The most intelligent man learns that if he adjusts to the regular man and communicates in a way understandable to regular men, he can exist in a predominantly regular man’s society. However, in conforming to regular man’s society, the most intelligent man lives a disingenuous life in which he cannot be himself, thereby driving him to insanity.
I picture the smartest man in the world as conflicted between sharing his great knowledge and wanting to assimilate into a society where he is not labeled as mentally delusional. Because even the smartest man in the world must long for human companionship.
Sip of Ambition 