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Ceffer
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2016 Mar 17, 10:55am
The premise and the conclusion are bogus, because they don't factor in the contributions of both stupid and vicious.
People aren't merely stupid, they are an entire spread spectrum of degraded traits i.e. envy, greed, grandiosity, horniness etc.
FuckTheMainstreamMedia
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2016 Mar 17, 11:07am
Eesh that's a whole entire blog of nothing. It amounts mostly to "me hate people who disagree with me".
Stupid or not stupid starts with 1+1 = 2 and goes from there. With politics there's about a bazillion other factors involved and most of the people calling others stupid for their political views aren't accounting nearly for all the bazillion factors involved.
they are an entire spread spectrum of degraded traits i.e. envy, greed, grandiosity, horniness etc.
Sure, human behavior is complex.
The essay approximates into 4 categories to illustrate the effect of stupidity, which is a clearly defined trait.
Obviously the approximation has its limits, but the point is to show the power of stupidity when it is pervasive.
With politics there's about a bazillion other factors involved and most of the people calling others stupid for their political views aren't accounting nearly for all the bazillion factors involved.
I think these are factual statements:
Extreme wealth inequality exists in America.
This is because of a systematic redistribution of income and wealth upwards and extreme deregulation of the financial system.
This problem cannot be solved by more deregulation of the financial system (a.k.a. free markets, lol).
If a person disagrees to these factual statements due to their political views, they are stupid -- because they are causing losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.
Dan8267
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2016 Mar 17, 11:47am
2. The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
Not true. Whether a person supports Trump or Sanders has a very high correlation to how intelligent that person is. As does the person's profession, college major, political beliefs, religious beliefs or lack thereof, etc.
You're better than Marcus and Dan, but you still have a lot to learn.
This remark is a deflection from the point we are arguing, which is stupidity can be determined using factual statements.
I'm not sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with the factual statements.
Whether a person supports Trump or Sanders has a very high correlation to how intelligent that person is. As does the person's profession, college major, political beliefs, religious beliefs or lack thereof, etc.
Good point.
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Reference link: http://www.extremistvector.com/content/stupid.html
1. Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
2. The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.
4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.
5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. The corollary of the Law is that: A stupid person is more dangerous than a bandit.
Whether one considers classical, or medieval, or modern or contemporary times one is impressed by the fact that any country moving uphill has its unavoidable fraction of stupid people. But the intelligent fraction manage to keep the stupid fraction at bay and at the same time produce enough gains for themselves and the other members of the community to make progress a certainty.
In a country which is moving downhill , the fraction of stupid people is still equal the same; however in the remaining population one notices among those in power an alarming proliferation of the bandits with overtones of stupidity and among those not in power an equally alarming growth in the number of helpless individuals. Such change in the composition of the non-stupid population inevitably strengthens the destructive power of the stupid fraction and makes decline a certainty. And the country goes to Hell.
Understanding these basic laws will help comprehend the amount of stupidity spewed on patrick.net
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