[oska]

Speaking personally, I feel that the experience of sexual attraction and sexual desire has been a stimulus to the development of my intelligence, not a brake upon it. If you look at great art and literature you will see it has played a crucial role there too. So no, I don't think it is a 'sensible hypothesis'.

[mnm1]

Oh, absolutely. For a tiny percentage of creative and productive people. For the masses, however, I don't see it.