People are Stupid.

I suppose some of these weak people could be hypnotized into believing that they are stronger and smarter than everyone else...so long as they buy a particular product, vote for a particular political party, believe this, don't believe that, etc. etc.

Effective brainwashing always begins by reducing the target to a weakened and vulnerable state.

I suppose some of these weak people could be hypnotized into believing that they are stronger and smarter than everyone else...so long as they buy a particular product, vote for a particular political party, believe this, don't believe that, etc. etc.

Effective brainwashing always begins by reducing the target to a weakened and vulnerable state.

Most humans aren't stupid. Most humans are intelligent.

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Most humans aren't stupid. Most humans are intelligent.

I thought it was the other way around. Insofar as this discussion is concerned, when we say humans are mostly stupid, we're comparing humans to other humans, not comparing humans to other mammals. Of course most humans are intelligent in comparison to other mammals (although, as insinuated, some even fail here too).

Not quite, he is right per se, just that too few are very intelligent, and less are extremely intelligent.

I thought it was the other way around. Insofar as this discussion is concerned, when we say humans are mostly stupid, we're comparing humans to other humans, not comparing humans to other mammals. Of course most humans are intelligent in comparison to other mammals (although, as insinuated, some even fail here too).

To compare ourselves to lower intelligence is a rather useless practice. We should as a race, try to move forward and become more enlightened and educated. We could always cast out useless pretensions, but we will end up nowhere except where we are.

I think you may mean he is not right per se. That would mean he is not exactly right, but there is some truth to the claim (as some say). It would be like me saying, "The movie isn't bad per se". Here I am saying that the movie isn't necessarily bad, but that there is something still wrong with the movie (Or, it being bad, doesn't adequately describe what is wrong with the movie).

Anyway, I disagree. I think most people are downright stupid. but I'm not basing this on anything substantial - just my experience.

We are by nature 'maladaptive' since we come out the womb. We call ourselves homo-sapien-sapien we call ourselves wise wise. Yet we are the ones that our own thoughts causes us distress. It just serves to show what we really are. He who thinks knows everything knows nothing. The mask of nothing is knowledge. We can call ourselves wise but it doesnt mean we are. We will never know everything and if we think we know a lot in reality we know nothing. We make something out of nothing and when you remove the something you are left with nothing.

all opinion... Got any facts, examples???

With myself, I often can't tell what I'm doing in RTS games, as it is so incooporated and reflectory that I don't think about my actions, thus I have found training people, a great eye opener for me, as it would both train the n00b and myself when things got clearer what I did and what could be improved.

Yes, well, I'm fairly sure I can beat you in Starcraft 2, and if you want to play me when it releases in July, just ask. My name will be Zetherin, and I will pwn you with terran.

By design, fifty percent of all IQ scores range between 90 and 110. Clearly, most people are of average intelligence; however, seventy percent of all IQ scores range between 85 and 115, so although it's true that most people are of average intelligence, it's also true that most people are intelligent.

I would not regard a person with an IQ of 84 (or even an IQ of 71, for that matter) to be unintelligent (or not intelligent), and I certainly wouldn't consider a person with an IQ of 116 or greater to be unintelligent (or not intelligent).

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