No. I'll never claim such a thing. I'm smarter than that--and so are you. But them! [He gestures at an invisible audience off in the distance, people only he can envision.] They are the ones who should remain ignorant. Those people have put you all on pedestals, and to have someone come and knock those down would break them.

Not even I wish to do that. [Even if he is terribly curious.]

[And not too long after his reply, a chiming can be heard...]