Lisa is losing it... Lisa has been socialized to believe that intelligence is the human attribute of absolute importance to have. As a result, being smart is how she sees her deepest self. Her intelligence is the only standard, rule, et goal of her existence. One day Lisa could not solve a puzzle while others around her whom she considered less smart were able to easily solve it. The following day she could not remember the code of her school locker nor could she play saxophone anymore. Bewildered, she shared her feelings about her perceived cognitive decline with her grandpa who cynically recounted her that, that was only normal because all the Simpson family members were born smart and lost their intelligence at some point. Lisa fell into despair at the prospect of losing her intelligence which, again, meant her whole sense of self and her standard, rule, and goal of her existence. While the loss was attributed to family genetics, thus, to a locus out of her control, Lisa still