Intro

An introduction to the Megalocritic blog...

First off, the question asked of most critics is, "What do you review"? And that's the defining feature of the critic. Me, I am a critic of everything. Anyone who has talked to me will attest that I have an opinion... often an extremely well thought out opinion, on almost any topic. (Except for sports teams. I have no plans to review sports teams.)

Some people may ask, "What makes you qualified to be a critic of everything?"

Before I go into this, I will beg you, plead for you, to please skip this blog entry and go onto the next. Why? Because I'm putting this here as an obligatory, "why you should listen to me". But I don't want these to be the reasons you read what I write. I want yo to read (or not read) purely because you find the information relevant or useful. Let my work stand on its own merits. What comes next is the about me, and it will sound arrogant, because I have to talk about myself (which I don't care for much).

Well, here goes, if you must know who I am...

I have a 5-year undergraduate degree from a liberal arts college and four years post-graduate experience (the only reason I didn't go on to get a degree is bureaucratic reasons I won't bore you with, and my own dislike of bureaucracy). I have an IQ of 140 to 160 (lower end set by taking the test after being sleep deprived for 36 hours, wondering what effect it would have). This, depending on the scale, sets me as high genius or low supergenius. Further, geniuses come in various types. You may have a math supergenius, an artistic supergenius, etc. My qualification is "pan-genius". This means I may not be as good at math as a math supergenius, or as good at art as an artistic supergenius, but that in most fields I beat out the average joe by a decent margin (although I will admit, I'm horrible at chemistry.)

Now, that sounds a little arrogant, so let me throw on a dislcaimer... people treat genius like it's some kind of disease (saying all geniuses are also miserable) or they treat it like some kind of superpower (which, it kind of is, but not as overpowered as you may think). People think geniuses know things by the magical power of genius. That's not what it means (although it can lead to that). What it does mean is that the person learns faster. Much as runner from a family with a history of being professional track runners has a good chance at running faster than the average joe starting track, a genius has a leg up on learning.

Does this mean I know more on any particular topic than you do? No. I can be wrong just as much as the next guy. Give me bad information, or I jump to the wrong conclusion, or anything else, and it means I can screw up just as bad (if not worse) than the next guy. But it does mean that if I put a lot of my time towards learning (which I do), I get more bang for my buck than the average Joe.

 So as much as you may look at someone's buttcheeks and think, "Daaaang, those those mean they're evolutionarily advantaged for being able to travel long distances and are more likely to bear kids that can run long distances", genius merely means the brain can run long mental distances before tiring.

So, I've got some fancy college learning, and I've got a fancy brain. So what?
Okay, I'm also a published author (I wrote a roleplaying book. For those unaware, that involves writing and studying all aspects of life to figure out how to make rules on how to analyze everything that people will likely encounter. So I had to study life in general in all its aspects). In college, I studied biology, philosophy, computers, religion, art, and music. (All my degrees and additional studies areas were multi-study across multiple fields)

Further, knowledge is nothing without experience. I have worked as the CITO (Chief IT Officer) of an Aerospace research corporation, volunteered for political groups and changed some areas courses of history, started my own religion based off of logic and reason, saved lives (I worked for awhile as a lifeguard and watched some fairly unsafe waters), and more. In my search for truth, I've written letters to PhDs in quantum physics, astrophysics, & biology. I've studied religion till I saw visions and was offered priesthood (which the priesthood positions I turned down, and my own visions I looked at objectively as the interesting phenomena they are, that in objective retro-observation, are more than likely just interesting psychological events), and have meditated till I reached Nirvana (and then some). I have tackled the big questions, and come up with answers (including "Is there a God", which I have answered with logical proofs, which, indicative of all good answers, no one actually likes, but can't find a good way to disagree with.)

So, all in all, I hope you enjoy my blog, and I hope it's useful to you.