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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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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.