the intelligence should not be used to defeat itself

I agree with this feeling, but "Do the impossible" or one of the nearby posts raises this point more explicitly and more effectively.

The problem with "Simple Truth" is that - beyond the message I highlighted - the text is too open ended. Mirror-like, the story contains whatever philosophical positions the reader wishes to see in it.

I know people who can role-play Mark

There are two possible kinds of people who can do this. (1) People with useful but complicated theories that you happen not to understand, and (2) stupid people - who might be poorly parroting a useful theory. Please don't let the (negative) halo effect of the second type infect your view of the first type of people.

Generally, your objection pattern matches with the argument that law is too complicated. Respectfully, I disagree.