Question for everyone, but especially for CJ, if he hasn't given up on his brainchild yet...

Is the intelligence factor subjective? People here seem to disagree whether or not the Matrix is "ingenious" because some saw it as a revelation of new ideas, while others have read/seen/heard those ideas before.

My original response would have been "an intelligent book is one that presents believable new ideas, while a dumb one will just mull over the same tired old stuff"... but then, what if 2 people read the same book, and one is a total innocent and the other is a heard-it-all cynic - would they be able to accurately judge the intelligence factor of one book?

I'm still at work, and I really ought to be going home! :p