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Why Are Most People So Stupid.

unlocker said:
You only know the BS the government wants you to know. Anything else you may learn is only enough to make you a "useful" tool to society. Frank Zappa did a song about it. I suggest you give it a listen. And pay close attention to the lyrics. They are amongst the truest you will ever hear in any song. Here it is.

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Frank Zappa? So let the truth be told...

Valley girl
She's a valley girl
Valley girl
She's a valley girl
Oh yeah fine fer sure fer sure
She's a valley girl and there is no cure.
 
unlocker said:
I wasn't trying to prove how smart I am. But how stupid the vast majority of people are. And some of the reasons why. So guess what. You were WRONG!
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Sure, whatever you say...

Hint: The US is far and away the greatest country on Earth, so those people you think are so stupid(or at least those memes you found on Twitter told you they are) are actually doing pretty damn good.
 
unlocker said:
If I hadn't already "healed myself," I would have never been able to create this thread.
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Okay, I have a lot of questions, and I hope you can enlighten me. Let’s start with William Casey and his disinformation campaign. He’s been dead for almost forty years. What disinformation campaign was he referring to? Did it succeed?
 
zincwarrior said:
Truth is a point of view.
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To you, maybe. But not to me. To me, truth is facts. Facts aren't subject to a point of view. They are what they are. I would like to continue to discuss this thread. But I have already received crap over just the title of this thread. No doubt going into the matter further wouldn't be allowed. Here is one reason why. What if you are stupid. Now I'm not saying you are. Just what if you are. I couldn't call you stupid without it insulting you. And likely have the reply in which I said it be labeled again as Baiting/Flaming/Trolling. With that being the case, I have nothing more to say on the matter. If you want to talk about the truth, just send me a PM and let me know. I can direct you to a forum where the truth is allowed. At least to a greater degree than it is here.
 
phoenix2020 said:
The question here are your qualifications for judging the stupidity of others, when all we know about your qualifications are that (a) you post memes to make a point and (b) you post YouTube links to random songs to defend your point. Two actions that, by the way, are indicative of one's lack of qualification to evaluate the intelligence of others.
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Read post #29.
 
Redress said:
Sure, whatever you say...

Hint: The US is far and away the greatest country on Earth, so those people you think are so stupid(or at least those memes you found on Twitter told you they are) are actually doing pretty damn good.
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Read post #29.
 
Ahlevah said:
Okay, I have a lot of questions, and I hope you can enlighten me. Let’s start with William Casey and his disinformation campaign. He’s been dead for almost forty years. What disinformation campaign was he referring to? Did it succeed?
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Read post #29.
 
unlocker said:
To you, maybe. But not to me. To me, truth is facts. Facts aren't subject to a point of view. They are what they are. I would like to continue to discuss this thread. But I have already received crap over just the title of this thread. No doubt going into the matter further wouldn't be allowed. Here is one reason why. What if you are stupid. Now I'm not saying you are. Just what if you are. I couldn't call you stupid without it insulting you. And likely have the reply in which I said it be labeled again as Baiting/Flaming/Trolling. With that being the case, I have nothing more to say on the matter. If you want to talk about the truth, just send me a PM and let me know. I can direct you to a forum where the truth is allowed. At least to a greater degree than it is here.
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Facts are not facts. Just a statistic. A discussion point. Only pure math is Truth.
 
unlocker said:
In terms of the human condition, chances are that for just about everything you think is right or true, the exact opposite is almost certainly the case. You could even have a PhD in something and still be stupid. (Or at least cowardly) You might be as smart as hell in whatever you have a PhD in. But beyond that is a different matter. There were even a couple books written on the matter. They are called, "The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong."

As an example, you probably think that our system of government is a Democracy. But you would be wrong. Our system of government more closely resembles a Plutocracy. Which is rule by the rich. But to put it more precisely, our system of government is actually a Kakistocracy. Which is rule by the incompetent and corrupt.

Obviously, our government is behind your almost certain stupidity. Probably because the stupid are easier to rule. Or to put it more precisely, easier to abuse. To prove my point, I will show you a meme with a quote of something that was almost certainly said by a former director of the CIA named William Casey. And what he said the CIA does was almost certainly with the help of the NSA, FBI and other such government agencies. As well as with the help of internet forums such as this. Here is the quote.

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What, too hard to believe? Well throughout the decades the CIA has been known of experimenting with various methods of achieving the brainwashing of people. (In that, maybe they succeeded) But when it comes to mind control over the population in general, nothing works better than stupidity.

Though there is what I would consider to be a secondary reason for the government to do what it does. It is well known that if there is something that the government wants to keep secret, (that is, you ignorant on the matter) they have to keep it secret from the American public. Now if the government wants to keep the people of other countries stupid, which they almost certainly want to do, they also have to keep things secret from the American public. In that, I have some words of wisdom for you by George Bernard Shaw. He may have not been perfect. But the quote by him that I will show you is true enough. Here it is. Heed them well.

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Now, the question becomes how offended you are by your almost certain stupidity. Seeing how you have never known anything different, I am guessing that you aren't offended at all. In that, there was an author named Aldous Huxley who had some very keen observations on the matter. Here they are.

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The CIA didn't have to do anything because American culture did it for them.
It is considered COOL to be stupid in America and it has been since the 1950's.
 
unlocker said:
To you, maybe. But not to me. To me, truth is facts. Facts aren't subject to a point of view. They are what they are. I would like to continue to discuss this thread. But I have already received crap over just the title of this thread. No doubt going into the matter further wouldn't be allowed. Here is one reason why. What if you are stupid. Now I'm not saying you are. Just what if you are. I couldn't call you stupid without it insulting you. And likely have the reply in which I said it be labeled again as Baiting/Flaming/Trolling. With that being the case, I have nothing more to say on the matter. If you want to talk about the truth, just send me a PM and let me know. I can direct you to a forum where the truth is allowed. At least to a greater degree than it is here.
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Au contraire. Facts exist only because some point of view has been assumed. You can't say something exists until there exists a net of basic principles that precede the existents. In science and beyond in academia, theory gives rise to facts, not vice versa. However, contradictory facts can change a theory.

Anyway, without knowing this, you are brainwashed.
 
unlocker said:
Read post #29.
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Let's start with your opener: "In terms of the human condition, chances are that for just about everything you think is right or true, the exact opposite is almost certainly the case."

That's not a fact. So right away, you're spreading BS. Care to refer me to post 29 again :rolleyes:
 
Ahlevah said:
Okay. I read it. My question was legitimate. Your answer was not. It’s pretty apparent that you’re not here to engage in legitimate debate.
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he appears to be stirring the pot; maybe we can learn something or stay stuck in our ways.
 
Four steps to coming to terms with mommy and daddy lying to you about Santa.
1. Dissonance and confusion.
2. Doubt and investigation.
3. Disillusionment and anger.
4. Acceptance and integration.

Hint: Getting stuck at step 3. is not the recipe to a happy life.
 
unlocker said:
In terms of the human condition, chances are that for just about everything you think is right or true, the exact opposite is almost certainly the case. You could even have a PhD in something and still be stupid. (Or at least cowardly) You might be as smart as hell in whatever you have a PhD in. But beyond that is a different matter. There were even a couple books written on the matter. They are called, "The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong."

As an example, you probably think that our system of government is a Democracy. But you would be wrong. Our system of government more closely resembles a Plutocracy. Which is rule by the rich. But to put it more precisely, our system of government is actually a Kakistocracy. Which is rule by the incompetent and corrupt.

Obviously, our government is behind your almost certain stupidity. Probably because the stupid are easier to rule. Or to put it more precisely, easier to abuse. To prove my point, I will show you a meme with a quote of something that was almost certainly said by a former director of the CIA named William Casey. And what he said the CIA does was almost certainly with the help of the NSA, FBI and other such government agencies. As well as with the help of internet forums such as this. Here is the quote.

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What, too hard to believe? Well throughout the decades the CIA has been known of experimenting with various methods of achieving the brainwashing of people. (In that, maybe they succeeded) But when it comes to mind control over the population in general, nothing works better than stupidity.

Though there is what I would consider to be a secondary reason for the government to do what it does. It is well known that if there is something that the government wants to keep secret, (that is, you ignorant on the matter) they have to keep it secret from the American public. Now if the government wants to keep the people of other countries stupid, which they almost certainly want to do, they also have to keep things secret from the American public. In that, I have some words of wisdom for you by George Bernard Shaw. He may have not been perfect. But the quote by him that I will show you is true enough. Here it is. Heed them well.

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Now, the question becomes how offended you are by your almost certain stupidity. Seeing how you have never known anything different, I am guessing that you aren't offended at all. In that, there was an author named Aldous Huxley who had some very keen observations on the matter. Here they are.

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I've read most of this...

Frankly you have issues. You need to see a doctor.

All of your messaging is "I'm smart, you're not", yet what you post is idiocy!

Clearly you have studied NO philosophy, never investigated the subject of "intelligence" (If you had you would know that scientifically there is no such thing as "stupid". There is "unlearned," "uneducated", learning disabled etc.)

So all you're doing here is trying to re-enforce your own internal argument as to whether YOU are "stupid".

Now...

IF you had asked "why do intelligent people believe lies" or why to intelligent people do dumb things." we could have had a conversation. Instead all you're getting is kick back from people who are WAAAAAAAAAY smarter than you but are too smart to brag about it like you.


Have horrible day!
 
unlocker said:
In terms of the human condition, chances are that for just about everything you think is right or true, the exact opposite is almost certainly the case. You could even have a PhD in something and still be stupid. (Or at least cowardly) You might be as smart as hell in whatever you have a PhD in. But beyond that is a different matter. There were even a couple books written on the matter. They are called, "The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong."

As an example, you probably think that our system of government is a Democracy. But you would be wrong. Our system of government more closely resembles a Plutocracy. Which is rule by the rich. But to put it more precisely, our system of government is actually a Kakistocracy. Which is rule by the incompetent and corrupt.

Obviously, our government is behind your almost certain stupidity. Probably because the stupid are easier to rule. Or to put it more precisely, easier to abuse. To prove my point, I will show you a meme with a quote of something that was almost certainly said by a former director of the CIA named William Casey. And what he said the CIA does was almost certainly with the help of the NSA, FBI and other such government agencies. As well as with the help of internet forums such as this. Here is the quote.

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What, too hard to believe? Well throughout the decades the CIA has been known of experimenting with various methods of achieving the brainwashing of people. (In that, maybe they succeeded) But when it comes to mind control over the population in general, nothing works better than stupidity.

Though there is what I would consider to be a secondary reason for the government to do what it does. It is well known that if there is something that the government wants to keep secret, (that is, you ignorant on the matter) they have to keep it secret from the American public. Now if the government wants to keep the people of other countries stupid, which they almost certainly want to do, they also have to keep things secret from the American public. In that, I have some words of wisdom for you by George Bernard Shaw. He may have not been perfect. But the quote by him that I will show you is true enough. Here it is. Heed them well.

View attachment 67517189


Now, the question becomes how offended you are by your almost certain stupidity. Seeing how you have never known anything different, I am guessing that you aren't offended at all. In that, there was an author named Aldous Huxley who had some very keen observations on the matter. Here they are.

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All in all your post is rather stupid. I’m guessing you failed the GRE and you’re pissed.
 
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