Another Dissident and Transcendent

I was watching the new episode of House on Monday when I suddenly realized that he is presently the coolest person on television. He lives as a contradiction to what should be acceptable in modern American society. House has a complete disregard for all rules. For him, the only important thing in life is finding the truth. While solving medical mysteries by using unconventional and often illegal techniques, House saves lives and forces his patients and fellows to acknowledge the truth. He truly believes that everyone holds lies and secrets, and that stripping everyone he sees of their protective secrets is the greatest service he can do next to solving medical problems. On many occasions, Dr. House must fight against the establishment of the hospital to perform extremely risky operations to save a patient's life. Strangely enough, a large amount of Christians find Dr. House to be cool even though he is an Atheist. However, I am more inclined to believe that the reason for this is that he is a horribly miserable man who is in constant pain.

While House is a cool dissident, Will Smith is made up of pure transcendent cool molecules. Smith's coolness comes from his talent as an entertainer. Over the past two decades, he has acted with extreme talent without developing the quirks that other actors have succumbed to. In addition, Smith has a kind of indescribable aura about him that permeates all of his roles regardless of how whimsical or serious they are. I would argue that Smith's coolness is so transcendent that his son Jaden has been able to absorb some of Smith's power and become cool as well. Considering that Jaden is also a very talented actor, I believe that Smith's coolness has been further enhanced by raising a star like Jaden. Even though Smith's acting is the primary cause of his coolness, he has also established himself as a rap artist with a smooth rhythm and flowing rhymes.

With the kind of cool qualities that Will Smith has, I view him as being the coolest real person in America today. However, including fictional characters, I could never place Smith above House as the absolute coolest person in modern America. House's search for the truth and his extreme hatred of arbitrary rules are traits that I find very cool. There is no one on Earth that could ever surpass his coolness.