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Maybe saying "most people are stupid" is wrong. I know even medieval peasants had to be knowledgeable about a lot to farm and survive. However, I do believe mo
by roland35 1y ago
Maybe saying "most people are stupid" is wrong. I know even medieval peasants had to be knowledgeable about a lot to farm and survive.
However, I do believe most people are uncurious. Since information is so cheap, it seems many people just reach for what feels good and doesn't risk their existing worldviews.
- pmg101 1y agoRight but that is actually a strategy that makes a lot of sense. You will likely fit in well with your peers and you will likely feel comfortable with your beliefs and "knowledge". Maybe we could call it a local maximum, personally, although something of a disaster, societally.
- fredfish 1y agoI don't think having a lot of information is intelligence. Plenty of medieval peasants were stupid and a small percentage could combine information into new things for the idiots around them to repeat. During a short period copied behavior traveled less well and it was more obvious how stupid the median person was.
- roland35 1y agoI'd argue that an idiot peasant who sees something that works and adopts it is smarter than the anti science people we have yammering on social media right now!
- fredfish 1y agoPetrol protectionism or religious fervor both have a risk of an overall suboptimal while delivering substantial relative benefit to specific groups and their members if they can maintain the absurdity.
- pogopop77 1y ago"Be curious, not judgemental" -- Ted Lasso (via Walt Whitman?)
- mcphage 1y agoThat’s one of my favorite scenes of the show :-)