That makes sense. Most people are afraid of things they don't understand. But intelligence is a relative thing.
If you think you have reason to be afraid of people smarter than you, does that mean people who are dummer should be afraid of you?
Do you often treat those people with arrogance or use your higher intellect for unethical things? If not, why should it be any different with those more intelligent?
In general people are just people. Some are jerks and some are nice, no matter how smart they are.
Don't live in fear. If you wanna get smarter you can easely get more educated just a few mouse clicks away. What a time to be alive!
That is a great point, and I certainly can't argue with that. I guess my biggest issue is that intelligent people are often very opinionated, and so whenever I engage in a debate, they always win and have the last word- because they have the power to back up their claims.
As far as my claim for people using intelligence for unethical goals, I guess it comes from a mixture of: my outlook on humanity, as well as the constant fraud, cybercrimes, and the like that occur in this millennium.
I know, it's frustrating to lose a debate. Those really come down to who is the better debater and not who's right. But it's usually easy to see if someone's looking for a debate instead of an actual conversation. Meaning they just want to win instead of trying to understand your perspective. In those cases I'd suggest just not to engage.
And yeah, humanity seems pretty depressing when you turn on the news, but just think of the filter they're using: Bad news is good news. While one genius hacked a bank or built a bomb a thousand others have saved lives and made an impact for the better. You just don't hear about them nearly as often.
As a matter of fact most geniuses work at apple stores. The world's a strange place.
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People can be opinionated without having an high intelligence. For example you have an opinion about people who are more intelligent than you.
And winning a debate doesn't require a high intelligence. It does require information. They don't necessarily have a power. They have knowledge, which is power, true. But if you want to defend a cause read up on the subject. Get your information from multiple sides. And most of all be passionate.
And blaming people with high intelligence for unethical practices. I can understand why you would say that. How you could feel that. But singling out a minority for all the worlds problems is short sighted. And that is what you are doing. For example if you have received a single scam phone call, as I have received a few, each one had an Indian accent so if I was like you I could say "Oh, it's all Indians who are responsible for fraud." It's that kind of rash generalization that is wrong.
I completely understand and agree with your point. But, just like in my response to AbnormallyAwesome, I feel that people are inherently bad, and whenever they have an advantage or power- in this case, intelligence- they aren't afraid to use it to their (negative) advantage. Besides the aforementioned fraud and hacking, a handful of geniuses seem to turn to the nuclear weapons industry. The world is a dangerous place as it is, so I'd feel better seeing people use their intelligence to make the world a more peaceful and humane place. That's my main concern.
However, there is good news. Dumb detectives catch highly intelligent criminals all the time. For every crime there are 100 ways to get caught. If you can think of 20 of them, you are a genius. The dumb cops only have to think of one of the remaining 80 that the genius forgot.
I have extensive software experience working in the weapons industry. Intelligent people know that avoiding war is an intelligent thing to do. When military power is balanced, mutual destruction is assured. This gives diplomacy a better chance to work.
Dumb people that are conned into dying for 72 virgins are the problem.
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That makes sense. Most people are afraid of things they don't understand. But intelligence is a relative thing.
If you think you have reason to be afraid of people smarter than you, does that mean people who are dummer should be afraid of you?
Do you often treat those people with arrogance or use your higher intellect for unethical things? If not, why should it be any different with those more intelligent?
In general people are just people. Some are jerks and some are nice, no matter how smart they are.
Don't live in fear. If you wanna get smarter you can easely get more educated just a few mouse clicks away. What a time to be alive!
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@AbnormallyAwesome Thank you. Well said.
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Thank you :)
Yep that's along the same lines as I was going to, about hoe sociopaths look for weeker minds than they own.
That is a great point, and I certainly can't argue with that. I guess my biggest issue is that intelligent people are often very opinionated, and so whenever I engage in a debate, they always win and have the last word- because they have the power to back up their claims.
As far as my claim for people using intelligence for unethical goals, I guess it comes from a mixture of: my outlook on humanity, as well as the constant fraud, cybercrimes, and the like that occur in this millennium.
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I know, it's frustrating to lose a debate. Those really come down to who is the better debater and not who's right. But it's usually easy to see if someone's looking for a debate instead of an actual conversation. Meaning they just want to win instead of trying to understand your perspective. In those cases I'd suggest just not to engage.
And yeah, humanity seems pretty depressing when you turn on the news, but just think of the filter they're using: Bad news is good news. While one genius hacked a bank or built a bomb a thousand others have saved lives and made an impact for the better. You just don't hear about them nearly as often.
As a matter of fact most geniuses work at apple stores. The world's a strange place.
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People can be opinionated without having an high intelligence. For example you have an opinion about people who are more intelligent than you.
And winning a debate doesn't require a high intelligence. It does require information. They don't necessarily have a power. They have knowledge, which is power, true. But if you want to defend a cause read up on the subject. Get your information from multiple sides. And most of all be passionate.
And blaming people with high intelligence for unethical practices. I can understand why you would say that. How you could feel that. But singling out a minority for all the worlds problems is short sighted. And that is what you are doing. For example if you have received a single scam phone call, as I have received a few, each one had an Indian accent so if I was like you I could say "Oh, it's all Indians who are responsible for fraud." It's that kind of rash generalization that is wrong.
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I completely understand and agree with your point. But, just like in my response to AbnormallyAwesome, I feel that people are inherently bad, and whenever they have an advantage or power- in this case, intelligence- they aren't afraid to use it to their (negative) advantage. Besides the aforementioned fraud and hacking, a handful of geniuses seem to turn to the nuclear weapons industry. The world is a dangerous place as it is, so I'd feel better seeing people use their intelligence to make the world a more peaceful and humane place. That's my main concern.
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However, there is good news. Dumb detectives catch highly intelligent criminals all the time. For every crime there are 100 ways to get caught. If you can think of 20 of them, you are a genius. The dumb cops only have to think of one of the remaining 80 that the genius forgot.
I have extensive software experience working in the weapons industry. Intelligent people know that avoiding war is an intelligent thing to do. When military power is balanced, mutual destruction is assured. This gives diplomacy a better chance to work.
Dumb people that are conned into dying for 72 virgins are the problem.