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Trish
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USA
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Posted - 09/14/2009 : 18:58:37 [Permalink]
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| So I belong to the largest non party out there? Cool. |
...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young
"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943
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sailingsoul
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Posted - 09/14/2009 : 20:00:35 [Permalink]
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I have no disagreement with the opinions stated, like by bngbuck, mooner, etc. I agree. Maybe I just have or prefer a narrower use or definition of stupid. I prefer to not equate lack of intelligence with being stupid, while it does appear the terms can be interchanged. However I contend, highly intelligent people are capable of stupid acts.
Isn't it strange how when the republicans controlled the presidency and congress they bulldozed anything they wanted through. Now the demo's are in the same place they can't hardly do shit. A depressing performance for the group elected by more intelligent voters. Could it be the difference between the republicans and democrats is, democrats with smarter voters elect dumber politicians, while the republicans with dumber voters elect smarter politicians. Ugh! I feel ill, it's depressing. Just like I said earlier, "highly intelligent people are capable of stupid acts". SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 09/18/2009 : 10:39:00 [Permalink]
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So someone who is extremely intelligent in one area...say electrical engineering, but is seemingly a moron in most other aspects; are they stupid or not?
I would vote - stupid......unless I had an electrical engineering problem 
A PhD does not mean someone is overall intelligent. They may very well be just narrowly defined intelligent.
Then again there are those out there who appear to be very well rounded intelligent but still maintain a number of Woo-Woo beliefs.....I don't understand it, but it appears to happen all the time.
I may simply boil down to the time they dedicated to educate themselves on these issues......for many it is very little to none at all. But again....that in itself can be seen as a form of stupidity.
The Ol "I don't know what the hell I'm talking about, but I'm going to give you an earful anyway".
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I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 09/18/2009 : 20:43:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Mooner......
I said:| I contend that, by and large, most Republican party line voters are stupid. |
You said:there is a strong tendency for intelligent people to self-select towards the other party.
These massive self-selections do significantly tilt the relative mean intelligence levels of the members of the political parties, I suspect. |
I suspect that means that we agree strongly on the premise that most Republican party-line voters are stupid.
I also said:| I also contend that, by far for the most part, devout Christians, Muslims, and Jews are stupid people. |
How do you feel about that?
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I generally agree with all that, but I also want to make it clear that some of these people are very bright indeed. Though the bulk of the flock may be sheep-stupid, it would be very foolish to underestimate the leaders of one's opposition. (As a historical example: Think Jesuits.)
So I guess you might say I cautiously and partially agree with you, and cautiously and partially agree with Dude.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 09/18/2009 20:44:54 |
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There is no cure for stupidity.
