I feel like an average person or group of people are of average intelligence.
But huge masses of people? They begin to adopt emergent traits that cancel out individual intelligence. It’s why foot traffic can be modelled as a liquid. Or why the entire field of economics can exist.
This makes large public masses have predictable behavior that’s exploitable by grifters, demagogues, and propaganda.
I’ve come to realize that the upper limit of human intelligence is both surprisingly smart, and depressingly stupid. I’m lucky enough to be smarter, but also smart enough to know I’m an absolute idiot. I’m not even that smart in an IQ sense, just lucky in my experience, education, and focus. I’m smart in a particular way, but I’m not quick or even capable of many basic tasks.
I don’t enjoy people seeing me as smart, because they then expect things I don’t feel capable of. I don’t want that pressure! I’m not that much smarter than you 😫
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that fewer people than you have been led to believe actually believe that. You don’t get an award for being smarter than a strawman.
When a sitting US representative is the one peddling the conspirac? When Trump’s national security advisor is endorsing it? When meteorologists are getting death threats? Seriously dude? You can get the fuck out of my face with that sanewashing bullshit.
The only reason I’m sending this reply instead of just blocking you is that, from a quick glance at your last few comments, you at least seem to be an alright person.
But to be clear this isn’t an argument. I’m not going to waste my time going back and forth debating on the exact degree of horrible Republicans are in their heart of hearts. Especially not when the hurricane thing isn’t even close to being the nuttiest shit they spout. Especially when they clearly believe in their bullshit enough to get themselves killed by the thousands during COVID.
I feel like an average person or group of people are of average intelligence.
But huge masses of people? They begin to adopt emergent traits that cancel out individual intelligence. It’s why foot traffic can be modelled as a liquid. Or why the entire field of economics can exist.
This makes large public masses have predictable behavior that’s exploitable by grifters, demagogues, and propaganda.
I’ve come to realize that the upper limit of human intelligence is both surprisingly smart, and depressingly stupid. I’m lucky enough to be smarter, but also smart enough to know I’m an absolute idiot. I’m not even that smart in an IQ sense, just lucky in my experience, education, and focus. I’m smart in a particular way, but I’m not quick or even capable of many basic tasks.
I don’t enjoy people seeing me as smart, because they then expect things I don’t feel capable of. I don’t want that pressure! I’m not that much smarter than you 😫
Where do I sign up for my “doesn’t believe Kamala Harris can control the path of hurricanes with a weather machine” award?
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that fewer people than you have been led to believe actually believe that. You don’t get an award for being smarter than a strawman.
When a sitting US representative is the one peddling the conspirac? When Trump’s national security advisor is endorsing it? When meteorologists are getting death threats? Seriously dude? You can get the fuck out of my face with that sanewashing bullshit.
The only reason I’m sending this reply instead of just blocking you is that, from a quick glance at your last few comments, you at least seem to be an alright person.
But to be clear this isn’t an argument. I’m not going to waste my time going back and forth debating on the exact degree of horrible Republicans are in their heart of hearts. Especially not when the hurricane thing isn’t even close to being the nuttiest shit they spout. Especially when they clearly believe in their bullshit enough to get themselves killed by the thousands during COVID.