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Rich people like jerks. It's about respect - Maybe related to our animal mentality. Being a jerk is an 'alpha' male/female trait. As much as people try to pret
by jondubois 10y ago
Rich people like jerks. It's about respect - Maybe related to our animal mentality. Being a jerk is an 'alpha' male/female trait.
As much as people try to pretend that they're rational human beings, the laws of nature are still running the show. Unfortunately, we haven't yet evolved enough to view 'intelligence' as an alpha trait when it comes to social hierarchy.
- _0ffh 10y agoAnd never will. How would anyone be able to judge someone else's "intelligence"? The simplest thing might be by proxy, testing how knowledgeable someone is. But knowledge is highly diverse, and I'd have a hard time to judge someones knowledge about something where I am not an expert myself. I've more than once witnessed people impress others with their deep "knowledge" about subjects where I was in a situation to discern that they were spouting superficially informed hogwash. It's one of the central societal problems: How can I know who's expertise I can trust unless I have that expertise myself?