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Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be this dumb.
My life is needlessly difficult because I try to understand stupid people. It wears me out.
It's like somewhere in the ancient past someone wished that stupidity was painful, but forgot to specify who it should be painful for.
I REALLY hate genies...
A historical context helps out with this. They're just us from 500 years ago. Even this divinely ordained stuff is straight out of history textbooks, the divine right to rule that medieval kings claimed.
yea, sometimes these guys sound like the christian mobs from the early "dark ages", the ones who destroyed pagan symbols e.g. Hypatia.
Same here. The other night I had to ask myself repeatedly "if I was awful at my job, where would I have put..." and it hurts. Being competent comes naturally to me so, to me, it seems that it takes way more effort to be that dumb.
The irony being that the only way to understand it is to be that dumb. But if you were that dumb, you wouldn't understand it nor would you try to because you'd think you are smart.
Some people are completely lost in the modern world. They shut down completely whenever anyone aims any critic at them and congregate to unquestioningly hold on to what they recognize. It is basic human instinct and being smart sometimes just pushes some of these people into taking advantage of the system and leading this herd mentality, instead of taking a risk trying to wake them up.
Unfortunately, it's well understood that political engagement especially when in a debate is an emotional undertaking.
Complicated further by the fact that we tend not to change our assumptions even when presented with data that proves otherwise.
We are a tribal species whose emotions are not geared towards understanding the far reaching and nuanced decisions we are faced with.
Never heard the saying "ignorance is bliss"?