Thought I’d Ask

 I decided to ask Google and ChatGTP about pipe smokers in general.  Pipe smoking is often associated with both Einstein and Sherlock Holmes.  I’m smoking my Sherlock Holmes pipe this morning.  Pipe smoking is often associated with professors, writers, and philosophers.  Mark Twain famously said he was born to smoke a pipe.  But it is not true that pipe smokers are inherently more intelligent.  

They often read while smoking a pipe.  But pipe smokers enjoy the culturally rich association with pipe smoking.  They are often more educated, but again this is a cultural expectation.  Pipe smokers come from all walks of life.  It is only a cultural expectation that one who smokes a pipe is perceived as intelligent.  But this is a perception many have of the pipe smoker.

Often a pipe gives some comfort to the lonelier lifestyle of the pipe smoker.  It is often more of a tool to offer comfort to the pipe smoker.  Even before speaking it gives the pipe smoker time to think before speaking.  The pipe smoker may take a few puffs to give them time to think.  It occupies time.  A pipe gives time for deliberation in their minds.  I think it was C. S. Lewis who said that a pipe closes the mouth of the foolish.   

To suggest that pipe makes anyone smarter is more of perception than reality.  A pipe does not one automatically or magically make one smarter.  It’s a cultural perception not based in reality.  Historically smarter people are drawn to snaking a pipe as opposed to doing nothing.  A pipe keeps one occupied while organizing their thoughts.  

I often write while smoking my pipe.  I’ll sit by myself often while smoking a pipe.  It keeps me company.  I’m somewhat educated.  That might be part of the reason.  But to suggest I have a higher IQ is only perception.  It helps keep me calm.  It helps keep me focused.  It helps me think better.  But it does not make me smarter.  Culture may only perceive this about me.  

I’m smoking my Sherlock Holmes pipe this morning with the last of my Davidoff English Mixture.  My coffee this morning is a special blend from Sprouts.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave