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> I too am very smart. Intelligence, "smartness", and ignorance are all orthogonal. Even very intelligent and very smart people can approach an issue with ext
by eric_h 11y ago
> I too am very smart.
Intelligence, "smartness", and ignorance are all orthogonal.
Even very intelligent and very smart people can approach an issue with extreme bias and blatantly ignore (get it ;) news, facts, etc. that contradicts that bias.
I would argue that William Dembski[1] is both smart and intelligent, but I would also call him ignorant.
[Edit: my point being that people who choose to ignore the things that contradict their bias are happier as a result of their ignorance]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Dembski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Dembski
- personjerry 11y agoApologies, I guess that was more of a reference appropriate for Reddit than HN. > I too am very smart. is a reference to the subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart which points out people describing themselves as very smart, often in ironic ways. I realize now that it may have looked like I was actually making a claim about my own intelligence; I was not.
- Dylan16807 11y agoThe joke was clear, but as eric_h explained it is largely a non-sequitur when talking about deliberate ignorance.