Klosterman Quandary

Okay, so I'm late to the Chuck Klosterman reading party...

...but I'm really enjoying his essays and should finish his latest book by this weekend.

ANYWAY one of the ways he engages his readers is to introduce absurd predicaments which force you to choose one result or another. He says he does things like this to get to know other people in social situations. I thought we'd try this one in The Diner today:

You are offered a Brain Pill. If you swallow this pill, you will become 10% more intelligent than you currently are; you will be more 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% less intelligent. In other words, you will immediately become smarter, but the rest of the world will perceive you as dumber (and there's no way you can ever alter the universality of that perception). Do you take this pill?