Hypothetically Speaking

Courtesy of Chuck Klosterman:

Question: You are offered a Brain Pill. If you swallow this pill, you will become 10 percent more intelligent than you currently are; you will be adept at reading comprehension, logic, and critical thinking. However, to all other people you know (and to all future people you meet), you will seem 20 percent less intelligent. In other words, you will immediately become smarter, but the rest of the world will perceive you as dumber (and there is no way you can ever alter the universality of that perception).
Do you take this pill?

No. That would be torture, you would probably get so frustrated with people because you know you're smart and people wouldn't see that. Not to be mention everyone would think you are more than 20 percent less intelligent because you think you are smart when you aren't, to them at least. I sort of relate this to the movie Rain Man, even though Raymond was exceptionally gifted he was autistic, so you'd both be really smart but have no way of expressing it, and even if you could express it somehow, no one would take you seriously. Humans have a natural need for attention (of sorts) and praise and without it you'd probably be extremely depressed and have low self esteem. To go along with that idea, if people keep telling you that you're not as smart as you say you are you'd probably start believing it and then basically you'd end up being smart yet not believing you're actually smart, which is so much worse than just being how you are right now.