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I 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 thi
by fredfish 1y ago
I 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.