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One of the most useful features of the "early" internet, which has been steadily diminished over the last 30 years, is that internet usage was sort of an implic
by wyager 2y ago
One of the most useful features of the "early" internet, which has been steadily diminished over the last 30 years, is that internet usage was sort of an implicit IQ test. The entire system was "semi-closed".
Now that the internet is available to the entire world, including basically anyone with a pulse, that feature is entirely gone.
- nradov 2y agoMany people on the Internet have completely different world views and moral systems. They think in ways that are fundamentally alien to most of us here. This is largely orthogonal to IQ. For example, in some cultures it's common to find people who would score above average on a standard IQ test and yet they literally believe in magic / ghosts / curses / astrology / etc. It's difficult for us to reconcile that, yet those people exist.
- fredfoo 2y agoI don't think I could name more than a dozen countries that openly fight delusional thinking of a mystical nature, there's China, Cuba, Vietnam.
- ponector 2y agoLot's of people believe in god from the old Jewish tales (the bible). It's just easier to believe in it than accept responsibility for own life and handle consequences. Everything is an Act of God! All good and bad things.