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Seems like stupid people are very selective on the protests. It is time to recognize that a lot, really a lot, of people could be stupid. Including me, obviousl

by wslh 2y ago

Seems like stupid people are very selective on the protests. It is time to recognize that a lot, really a lot, of people could be stupid. Including me, obviously.

neom 2y ago
What do you mean by "are very selective on the protests"? I go to protests selectively and I don't believe I'm "stupid" so I'm confused by this comment.
- proee 2y ago
  Do stupid people know that they are stupid? I would say the majority of them think they are smart.
  - nsguy 2y ago
    90% of people think they're above average drivers. And no, the flat earthers e.g. think we're stupid. I'm not sure stupid vs. smart is the right axis here though. Plenty of people with apparently high I.Q. believe in nonsense.
  - neom 2y ago
    Well if you want to call me stupid that is fine, we can have that conversation, but I'm not so it won't be very interested. Bringing me back to my original question, a question that was actually interesting.
nsguy 2y ago
You've just realized that a lot of people can be stupid? I saw some statistics that 7% of people in Brazil believe in flat earth. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131128/flat-earth-brazil/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131128/flat-earth-brazi... As Einstein said(?) only two things are infinite and he's only sure about one of them. Maybe stupid isn't the right word. Gullible, subject to being influenced, herd mentality- donno. Intelligent, rational, people with critical thinking skills seems like a very rare phenomena indeed.
keybored 2y ago
It’s time to throw out vague generalizations which discredits no theory since it fails to criticize anything in particular.
- wslh 2y ago
  Please look at [1]. It is very easy to build a set of such beliefs. The Jewish people control the world is another [2]. When you travel to the world and ask people it is easy to realize. [1] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society?wprov=sfti1 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society?wprov=sfti1 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism?wprov=sfti1
  - keybored 2y ago
    You’re making an argument against protests as a whole based on the prevalence of certain beliefs which have nothing to do with anything we’re talking about. Hence it fails to criticize anything in particular. You don’t get a carte blanche against whatever you don’t like based on your standard-issue Internet Misanthropy.

by wslh 2y ago

Seems like stupid people are very selective on the protests. It is time to recognize that a lot, really a lot, of people could be stupid. Including me, obviously.

neom 2y ago

What do you mean by "are very selective on the protests"? I go to protests selectively and I don't believe I'm "stupid" so I'm confused by this comment.

proee 2y ago
Do stupid people know that they are stupid? I would say the majority of them think they are smart.
- nsguy 2y ago
  90% of people think they're above average drivers. And no, the flat earthers e.g. think we're stupid. I'm not sure stupid vs. smart is the right axis here though. Plenty of people with apparently high I.Q. believe in nonsense.
- neom 2y ago
  Well if you want to call me stupid that is fine, we can have that conversation, but I'm not so it won't be very interested. Bringing me back to my original question, a question that was actually interesting.

nsguy 2y ago

You've just realized that a lot of people can be stupid? I saw some statistics that 7% of people in Brazil believe in flat earth. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131128/flat-earth-brazil/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131128/flat-earth-brazi... As Einstein said(?) only two things are infinite and he's only sure about one of them. Maybe stupid isn't the right word. Gullible, subject to being influenced, herd mentality- donno. Intelligent, rational, people with critical thinking skills seems like a very rare phenomena indeed.

keybored 2y ago

It’s time to throw out vague generalizations which discredits no theory since it fails to criticize anything in particular.

wslh 2y ago
Please look at [1]. It is very easy to build a set of such beliefs. The Jewish people control the world is another [2]. When you travel to the world and ask people it is easy to realize. [1] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society?wprov=sfti1 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society?wprov=sfti1 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism?wprov=sfti1
- keybored 2y ago
  You’re making an argument against protests as a whole based on the prevalence of certain beliefs which have nothing to do with anything we’re talking about. Hence it fails to criticize anything in particular. You don’t get a carte blanche against whatever you don’t like based on your standard-issue Internet Misanthropy.