Skip through up to the 29:55 mark. Then take down notes, specifically "how intelligent" some people really are AND where they get their preferred source for news.
Therefore there are both more male geniuses and idiots. Men however, tend not to get smoke blown up their ass all their lives so the dumb ones tend not to pretend they're smart.
Reminded me of my sister. Lib, graduate of a prestigious university, considers herself intelligent and well-informed. Gets 100% of her political information by watching The Daily Show and The View.
If there is one thing that is a virtual LAW of nature, it is that the people who say they are "very intelligent" usually are the ones who are not. And the people who are truly very intelligent never brag about it, they just display it when you get into a debate with them and they come across as painfully cerebral.
I love the smell of burning hamster fur in the morning.
ReplyDeleteAt first, she seemed confident, seemed halfway smarts. Cripes, he totally made a fool outta her.
ReplyDeleteOr rather, allowed her to make a fool out of herself.
That was brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI love how natural intelligence plans to vote for Obama, but doesn't know his first name or the party he belongs to.
absolutely fascinating...
ReplyDeletePer Baumeister IQ's of men are more variable
ReplyDeletehttp://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm
IQ's among Women cluster around the mean.
Therefore there are both more male geniuses and idiots. Men however, tend not to get smoke blown up their ass all their lives so the dumb ones tend not to pretend they're smart.
Reminded me of my sister. Lib, graduate of a prestigious university, considers herself intelligent and well-informed. Gets 100% of her political information by watching The Daily Show and The View.
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ReplyDeleteIf there is one thing that is a virtual LAW of nature, it is that the people who say they are "very intelligent" usually are the ones who are not. And the people who are truly very intelligent never brag about it, they just display it when you get into a debate with them and they come across as painfully cerebral.