“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” - Socrates

@memeandtheworld

2 жыл бұрын

What's true is true no matter who said it

@hunterroberts9951

2 жыл бұрын

@@erlinacobrado7947 How do you know? you must be one of those stupid people that has all the answers.

@hunterroberts9951

2 жыл бұрын

@@erlinacobrado7947 Here you go. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIZlm8qYiJOoado.html

@hisinddjsomnsl

2 жыл бұрын

@@erlinacobrado7947 Marlene's pretty smart to be able to come up with that quote.

@DSAK55

2 жыл бұрын

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing - Socrates

The most important insight in this vid is that stupidity is essentially a moral failing more than an intellectual one. The failure is in believing things based on how they make us feel, rather than on their truthfulness. It puts "taste" above "nutritional value" and eventually we starve.

@craig328

2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding synopsis. Hard to boil down what we're seeing these days into any more concentrated definition than this.

@RappingManualYT

2 жыл бұрын

I'm writing this down - what a way to compress it all brother! Thank you for sharing this.

@HaydenDavidson6

2 жыл бұрын

@HaydenDavidson6

2 жыл бұрын

@scottemmer3301

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, Gregg. Right on!

Nicely presented. I feel like social media has unleashed a tsunami of stupidity and it's only getting worse.

@rationalbasis2172

9 ай бұрын

@@Jedin8_1966 Pray tell me that the communists shoot stupid people, and I will become a communist.

@festeradams3972

9 ай бұрын

"Social Media" is only an extension of "Village Gossip" by technical means. So was the telegraph and telephone for matter. The trouble is at the "village level" it was easy to pick out the "Village Idiots"...

@BernardS4

9 ай бұрын

"social media" is a euphemism for social engineering

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

9 ай бұрын

I agree. And the really stupid can't be convinced. You can show them irrefutable evidence but it doesn't make a dent in them.

@kriegjaeger

9 ай бұрын

​@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 As stated they see it as "incidental". The book of proverbs and of Ecclesiastes are full of wisdom on fools which Bonhoeffer likely came to realize the extent of. It's one thing to read, another to experience.

When I was young I was very social, I thought I liked meeting & getting to know people. Now in my 70’s I’d rather be alone than spend time trying to find someone intelligent, interesting & knowledgeable to converse with. Too many people are set in their ways, limited in their life experiences & content to be so. As Socrates said “the unexamined life is not worth living” - not just stupid these people are boring as hell

@Siss2012

5 ай бұрын

I hear you!

@nihilmiror6312

4 ай бұрын

I led a fast and furious life, many ups and downs, never a dull moment, lots of scary ones, couldn’t agree more. Leve Palestina! 👍🫶🙏🕊️🇵🇸🇦🇺🦘

@tracyturner1634

4 ай бұрын

LOL😆alone time can be joyous too... feeling you❣

@carolgraham8564

3 ай бұрын

So true. I feel the same way. Never understood how so many people live in a box and refuse to step outside their box to look at something new

@suekuns8018

3 ай бұрын

Wow, you sound interesting, knowledgeable, and intelligent! 😉 I'm only in my 50s and feel this way!

Winning an argument against an intelligent person is very hard. Winning an argument against a stupid person is downright impossible.

@fredflintstone8998

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@GjVj

2 жыл бұрын

lmao. Reminded me of something: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXuZ2pKkfMq0n84.html

@thequantumalchemist2965

2 жыл бұрын

lmao, so much truth in that quote.

@kalon227

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you talk about “winning?” I consider myself somewhat intelligent. I don’t want to always be in a “contest” to see which of us is the “smartest.” I want to hear ideas from you which I’ve never thought of. But then, perhaps rather than being the intellectually curious person I think I am, perhaps I’m that stupid person you found it impossible to “defeat.” Lol.

@GjVj

2 жыл бұрын

@@kalon227 Lol, agree. But, keyword: always. And, perhaps: want. You may not want, always, to be in a contest, but sometimes you are. How much the outcome matters, I'd offer, depends on what's at stake.

"Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire.

@stephenharper6638

2 жыл бұрын

Best comment! :) I realized years ago that there is no position low and vile enough, that if taken with energy and confidence will develop a following.

@justinweber4977

2 жыл бұрын

Kill magicians, got it. On a serious note, certainly a pretty good warning.

@paleamigo8575

2 жыл бұрын

Great quote

@trickjohnson7378

2 жыл бұрын

long live our governments ;)

@meinegeheim2801

2 жыл бұрын

Tunde Musa.... ANOTHER, GREAT quote. Look around. There's PROOF of it EVERYWHERE!

My life experience has been that malice and stupidity walk hand in hand.

@danielfaress9879

Ай бұрын

Russia And China Iran Are Doing Both Men Like This or Chaplin Would Be Upset about that it's Malice Nowadays Too A Lot Of it is Also Malice

@FigaroHey

8 күн бұрын

Yes. Sin makes people stupider and stupider. As the narration says, the stupid person eventually becomes capable of evil. But I think that doing evil is stupid in the first place, and the more people do it, the stupider they get. The more their pride grows and their delusion that "everybody does it" and "nobody will ever catch me" increases, the stupider and more malicious they get.

@user-vf5ft8pw6d

6 күн бұрын

@@FigaroHey Some are born stupid and some are made stupid and evil. The tools include traditions, cultures, religions, etc.

People blame social media, but I think it goes back way further than that.

@jessicarea8054

2 ай бұрын

Well, yeah, considering this person was an anti-nazi activist.

@user-wt4vf6he5d

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct. However, social media, having what one writes as a comment appear online no matter how stupid it is, along with finding countless others online just as stupid as themselves has empowered the imbeciles to an unprecedented level.

@TheoSprinkles

Ай бұрын

Social media gave them a tool. Never before have stupid people been able to unite so easily.

@danielfaress9879

Ай бұрын

Russia And China Situation would Upset Men Like This Man

@JZsBFF

Ай бұрын

You've got a point, Bonnie. To me social media is more like the carrier and the catalyst, rather than cause. People, who never even cared about reading a single book, suddenly have a megaphone at their disposal! In the past their nonsense didn't go beyond their limited bar circle of intimates. Now the world is within their grasp. Because we already know about the seduction of the dark side, education becomes paramount!

"Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot." Richard Feynman

@rishz7857

8 ай бұрын

P - public H - high school D - diploma

@alecfoster4413

7 ай бұрын

BS: Bull Sh*t MS: More of the Same PhD: Piled higher and Deeper

@ronaldharding3927

7 ай бұрын

Yes, but an intelligent man will be thought stupid without education.

@OnerousEthic

7 ай бұрын

Oh how I revere Feynman!!!

@zbk343

6 ай бұрын

rich and poor also... Lot of rich just greed...

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, while wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell. My favorite quote of all time

@MK-ih6wp

2 жыл бұрын

I love this one. As I grow older, everyday I realize there is so much I do not know, and how foolish I was in my younger years thinking otherwise.

@benoitquirion6810

2 жыл бұрын

another cute version of this is: Smarts got brains, but Dumbs got balls !

@jimcobb3275

2 жыл бұрын

I don't really thinks it's a matter of full of doubts for many, but more a case of not wanting to offend the overly sensitive fools and fanatics who are either usually jealous or feel terribly inadequate already.

@jimcobb3275

2 жыл бұрын

@@MK-ih6wp When I was 10 I knew everything. When I was 12 I realized that when I was 10 I knew nothing but now I knew everything. I came to that realization again at 15 and then again at 18 and 21. Then I began to realize that I never knew anything and in the grand scheme of things I probably never would. But in the grand scheme of things I believe I still know way more than most everyone I've ever known, which may not be saying much, but then everything is pretty much relative.

@miked6592

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimcobb3275 but that seems like you came full circle and missed the point. "You know way more than most everyone" is a bold claim and may be explained by the company you keep.

Bonhoeffer’s thought on this subject describes American society today. Hannah Arendt made a similar statement in her book The Rise of Totalitarianism:” The ideal subject of totalitarianism is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist but rather those people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true or false no longer exist .”

@redmanrm1

2 ай бұрын

Yep. Gays gone wild. US is over

@danielfaress9879

Ай бұрын

China is Guilty of This Too not Just The USA it's Bad Nowadays

Yep, this really is the biggest problem we face. If there isn't someone out there that wants to do you wrong deliberately, there is certainly an army of people that will cause you a lot of problems out of their sheer stupidity.

@darylfoster7944

Ай бұрын

See Covid for prime example

"A fool who knows he is a fool can at least be said to have some wisdom, but a fool who thinks he is wise is a fool indeed." - The Buddha

@jammcguire1276

2 жыл бұрын

The modern version of that is Dunning/Kruger!

@puriso1

2 жыл бұрын

@@jammcguire1276 Ah, yes, so true! I had to Google it I'm afraid (not up to speed with modern psychology), but it rings so true of what we see in the world now. People have a wealth of data at their fingertips, but many do not have the wisdom to discern between valid/useful data and conspiracy theories.

@puriso1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSearcher50 It was the Buddha (Dhammapada verse), but maybe also Socrates?

@civildiscourse2000

2 жыл бұрын

An outstanding example of the latter leaps to mind.

@RobMacKendrick

2 жыл бұрын

As a Zen monk, I would add that Christ said the same thing, and as usual, more succinctly: "There are none so blind as those who will not see."

"It is easier to fool someone, than to convince them they have been fooled” - Mark Twain

@uk2727

2 жыл бұрын

It is easier to fool oneself than to fool others. In other words, it is easy to see the stupidity of others but very difficult to see one's own stupidity.

@brianmi40

2 жыл бұрын

You can motivate 1,000 people with lies that feed their biases, and only a handful with the truth.

@dirtrally2.091

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianmi40 Yes, to convince people to take the VACCINE is easy. To convince people that they have been fooled, is not easy!

@tonymp

2 жыл бұрын

The Trump presidency in a nutshell

@thorcook

2 жыл бұрын

What about fooling them into believing they've been fooled?

Thank you for making the video available without background music!

We are all stupid at times. It's part of being a human being. The skill is in recognising when you are.

When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful & difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid. -Ricky Gervais

@jamesmcgee7723

2 жыл бұрын

Ricky is a genius.

@kenlieck7756

2 жыл бұрын

Never expected to find a Gervais quote to rival those of the greatest thinkers on the planet!

@goblinoide

2 жыл бұрын

You actually do know when you're dead, because you burn in hell for eternity. But it doesn't have to be that way, you can have eternal life: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYCIo9ODkdm_irg.html

@kenlieck7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@thinkingtoomuch7680 Ah. That makes more sense. Didn't sound like the way Gervais speaks.

@mavericksetsuna7396

2 жыл бұрын

@@goblinoide As much as i want to argue... I know there is no helping the stupid.

The best part is, everyone who watches this thinks it's about everyone else but them

@timmanos6524

2 жыл бұрын

I'm one of them 😅

@bradgeffers1080

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing 👍

@rodneymcnabb9830

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! I was reading along, waiting for someone to admit this.

@DanDan-eh7ul

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. That's exactly the danger. I first thought this video was about others, but then thought about how I myself am falling prey to some "stupid" tendencies.

@KenJackson_US

2 жыл бұрын

No, I was thinking it was about the Nazis.

"never underestimate the Power of Stupid People in large groups" ~ George Carlin.

@curtiscraven9220

Ай бұрын

Social media defined

There are times when complicated ideas can be summed up in just a few words , “ Stupid is as stupid does.”

Trying to use reason and logic to argue with a stupid person is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over, shits all over the board & then struts around like it has won.

@mistylover7398

2 жыл бұрын

Religious debates

@shadowlouise

2 жыл бұрын

...and claims it is still POTUS because the game was rigged.

@gcgopro6912

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadowlouise Sounds like the election!

@tonykelly5141

2 жыл бұрын

😄🤣I saw this same comment but they changed it to a democrat !!

@PrimeMatt

2 жыл бұрын

😂

I learned this with my dad. An intelligent man, reasonable, and peaceful man, he contracted dementia and slowly over a course of years became more and more unreasonably stupid until downright physically hostile before dying. He also had terminal cancer almost the entire time. The family all agreed that if we we magically had the power to heal only one of these maladies for him, we wanted the dementia healed because it was by far the worst of the two. No verbal or printed facts could change dad's mind once he got a crazy idea in his head.

Today we have more knowledge at our fingertips than ever....its amazing how people will follow the crowd from rumor without researching the topic or person for even a few minutes....though alot of info on the internet is false/untrue...the truth is usually there also...you just have to seek it....

@danielfaress9879

Ай бұрын

USA and China are Both Guilty of that

Unfortunately, stupidity is the greatest pandemic America has ever seen.

@5idi

2 жыл бұрын

It's global

@tonymp

2 жыл бұрын

It's in human nature. The modern GOP is just the latest to exploit it on a mass scale

@thorodinson4876

2 жыл бұрын

maybe they should have people that get vexxed take a before/after IQ test to make sure they're not putting anything in there to make people even MORE stoopid.

@gregorysullivan7175

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. So frightfully true.

@Muthurtucker

2 жыл бұрын

Touche

I'm reminded of Ben Franklin's observation. "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."

@nickrund9455

2 жыл бұрын

I love this! I had never heard it before. For years I have been saying that ignorance does not bother me however, belligerent ignorance is infuriating.

@mattrogers5188

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great quote, but it's probably not from Ben Franklin. Etymologist Barry Popik researched the quote in 2013 and found no evidence that Franklin said it. A 2019 PolitiFact article rated the attribution to Franklin "Pants on Fire."

@texastinman2189

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickrund9455 Ignorance is just not knowing. I am quite ignorant about auto mechanics, but I could learn. Stupid is not caring that you don't know, or pretending you DO know. As Ron White said, "You can't fix stupid", fles the sound.and I add, but duct tape muf

@stephanc6138

2 жыл бұрын

idk. fig stupidity is the laziness to think.

@sunnydaze2359

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanc6138True that ! 👍🏼

Explains what’s going on in the world today perfectly! Thank you Sir, R.I.P. 👍🫡🙏🕊️🇦🇺🦘

@danacoleman4007

4 ай бұрын

A person could read your comment at ANY time in history and it would be correct

@JZsBFF

Ай бұрын

Sometimes it's not wise to be smart. Ask Bonhoeffer. Farty-five wasn't kidding when he said that he loved the uneducated, so did Uncle Adolf: a clean slate is easiest to write on.

A strategy I have often thought about when dealing with a smugly stupid person is to appear to agree their ideas and then take them further to the point where they become uncomfortable. Sometimes this might lead them to question the foundation of their beliefs. But the danger is that it will push them even further in the direction of dangerous stupidity.

@POedLib

9 ай бұрын

In an age of concealed carry, this can have consequences.

@aliceinwonderland887

5 ай бұрын

Jordan Klepper does this exact same game with #45 supporters. Klepper asks savvy questions challenging their thinking while making them feel comfortable. They always get caught saying something really stupid and then seeing his point. He literally makes them expose the hole in their thinking and in their efffing head. It's a classic example of this phenomenon. Comedy Central Klepper.

@richardcoughlin8931

5 ай бұрын

@@aliceinwonderland887 I recall seeing one or two short Klepper videos of Trumpers. Maybe I subconsciously got the idea from him. I think he recently said he wasn’t going to do any more coverage of Trump followers because there was absolutely nothing that could be done to change their minds.

"In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with him as a person, but with slogans, catchwords, and the like that have taken possession of him." More relevant today than ever. The hallmark of social media.

@marisamartin3664

2 жыл бұрын

Woke society 100%.

@michaelspraggins5246

2 жыл бұрын

The funniest part of this video to me is the amount of people in the comments who completely glossed over this very important part of the video... to post quotes about stupidity. Part of the point is that previous learning can be insightful, but parading quotes without thought is a slippery slope.

@jamesgeorge4874

2 жыл бұрын

The "lets go brandon" crowd, for example.

@ferrumignis

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesgeorge4874 The "white privilege", "systemic racism", "racial equity", "inclusivity", "climate justice", "transphobic", "marginalised" crowd for example. F*ck Joe Biden.

@rain1956

2 жыл бұрын

Bots from The Borg. Fueled by their hate and racism.

“Whenever you find yourself in the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.” (paraphrase) -Mark Twain

@vincentperratore4395

2 жыл бұрын

@@gooser__43 That's not what I understand!

@paleamigo8575

2 жыл бұрын

Great quote

@justinsossa2957

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you're hoping the majority will join you.- Papa smurf

@justinsossa2957

2 жыл бұрын

@@gooser__43 Rigged election

@justinsossa2957

2 жыл бұрын

@@gooser__43 Yeah and Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.

The same reason that I reject the insanity defense in criminal cases: a sane person can be corrected. An insane person is a constant threat.

@ismaelguardado1414

3 ай бұрын

Insanity and stupidity are different things in my opinion

You will never win a argument with a stupid person… the stupid person will never understand that he lost.

"You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic." - Robert A. Heinlein

I think Mark Twain said it best when he asked the rhetorical question “How comes those who know the least know it the loudest?”.

@ewanmiller9487

Жыл бұрын

It is the Duning-Kruger effect

@buddyrojek9417

Жыл бұрын

Brevity a wit

@thzzzt

Жыл бұрын

To the stupid, volume makes it true.

@worldcatloversheavenwatcht2927

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@worldcatloversheavenwatcht2927

Жыл бұрын

@@ewanmiller9487 Freddy Kruger read Dune?

"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility" Holy fuck that is an amazing quote

The greatest tragedy of modern medicine is the failure to find a cure for stupidity.

I've always differentiated between "ignorance" and "willful ignorance." The former can be addressed with information, the latter cannot -- and, because of that, it is far more dangerous.

@cisium1184

2 жыл бұрын

The necessary irony in abstract thinking about stupidity is that the thinker must cut the same corners and make the same sweeping judgments that characterize willful stupidity. Philosophy is most pleasing when it is simple and broad and uses a lot of convenient labels that gloss over complex realities; thus philosophy exhibits the very qualities that appeal to mobs and political constituencies. It's easy reasoning that neatly defines vast groups of people as "us" or "them" - useful in conversation when making an argument, but dangerous when leveraged to control people. History has all kinds of examples of people oppressing other people based on the overapplication of some once-well-meaning philosophy.

@Mattalica-ss9pj

2 жыл бұрын

@@cisium1184 -- I don't like the use of "stupid" or "stupidity" in this context really... Ignorance and stupidity are not synonymous. Ignorance represents a lack of information/knowledge -- you can be ignorant of the rules for calculating the hypotenuse of a triangle because you don't know the rule. This doesn't mean that you are stupid -- that implies something about the individual's aptitude/ability (i.e., something internal - and possibly fixed - about that person). If you teach the rule then the person is no longer ignorant -- i.e., ignorance is diminished by evidence/learning. When the person denies the evidence -- for example, they say that there is no evidence for human evolution, or no evidence for anthropocentric climate change, or no evidence that vaccines are safe -- then they are being willfully ignorant. This is a motivated bias rather than a mere lack of information -- it is the denial of evidence, the refusal of learning. That is when ignorance becomes dangerous. It is easy to say that people who deny evidence are "stupid" but that's too easy and not at all helpful in combating that type of motivated bias.

@Mattalica-ss9pj

2 жыл бұрын

For example, it is very easy to say that anti-vaxxers are "stupid" -- and very appealing to think of them in this way -- but that's not really the case. I know some anti-vaxxers (I am definitely not one of them, to be clear), who are smart and caring people who have a very different threshold for what counts are evidence. They treat their feelings about the issue as totally valid - even more valid than what the science demonstrates. That they don't "feel" right about vaccinations is enough to convince them that they should not vaccinate their children (or themselves in these Covid times). Within my own mental dichotomy, they are being "willfully ignorant" because they have seen/read the evidence and have ultimately denied it because their feelings tell them something else. They are not stupid, but they are frustrating as #%@&... and they cannot be swayed with evidence (which is the antithesis of everything that I hold dear as an empiricist). To call them merely "stupid" ignores the reason that underlie their motivations to remain unwavering in their views -- and if you ignore the underlying mechanism, then you have no chance at all to make any chips in that armor (as unlikely as that seems to be with such deeply entrenched beliefs).

@MrAlbinopapa

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mattalica-ss9pj One problem I have with your examples of climate change and vaccine hesitancy and perhaps I am misunderstanding the entirety of your message, but I don't think it's so black and white. For instance, competing evidence about efficacy or safety of vaccines either in isolation or compared to our natural immune system. Some of us see one side of the argument as being propaganda for vaccination and actions against climate change. If we just blindly believe the proposed facts about anything, then we fall into the willful ignorance category the same as disregarding information. As a personal account, my aunt after getting her second dose had stoke like symptoms. However, she isn't a very healthy person and to be honest far from it. So I have two options, believe it was an adverse reaction to the vaccine or the event was bound to happen at some point. Given her poor lifestyle decisions, I'll give benefit of doubt to the vaccine and say it is probably her poor choices. My ex wife got both doses of the vaccine and as far as I know hasn't had any observable adverse side effects. So you'd think my non-compliance with the vaccine mandate is unjustified, but after seeing multiple videos of peoples experiences as well as many videos of doctors saying they are seeing an uptick in certain medical cases after getting even the first vaccine dose makes me and others like me very hesitant. As far as the climate change supposedly caused or accelerated by humanity, I'm choosing to be willfully ignorant and any opinion I have on the matter is based on feelings and not logic or facts.

@srinivastatachar4951

2 жыл бұрын

Voluntary idiots! Sigh! Makes one shudder! =============================================================

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle - Philosopher (384 - 322 BC)

@Reddotzebra

2 жыл бұрын

Seeing all the other quotes in the comments section I wonder why nobody thumbed this up yet?

@rustyaxelrod

2 жыл бұрын

I was in my 40’s before I fully accepted or even understood this concept. As a shop Steward on a union contract I was often in the middle of disagreements. Asking the grieving employee to tell me what the company’s position might be when I approach them about their issue was quite interesting. Being able to articulate your oppositions position- even as you disagree with it- is difficult for most people. It’s as if acknowledging And agreeing are the same thing when in fact, differentiating the two are a central first step in the best possible resolution of disagreements.

@android12921

2 жыл бұрын

My most favorite quote from my early 20's.

@MsNickie1001

2 жыл бұрын

@@Reddotzebra yep, it’s the quote of the day!

@zacharybennett3249

2 жыл бұрын

Most useful quote I've seen in this thread.

This theory sums up the following nicely -"Never argue with an idiot, they will only argue you down to their level and beat you with experience". Blessings.

"No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero." Dune, Frank Herbert

The best part of this, is that everyone watching this will think about how well it applies to whatever group they disagree with, without realizing that they could also be the stupid person.

@KingZNIN

2 жыл бұрын

All sides have stupid people. No group is safe from that, and that knowledge makes my skin craw.

@QoraxAudio

2 жыл бұрын

But the main issue is that non-stupid people are seen as the ones being stupid by those who actually are stupid.

@jm7974

2 жыл бұрын

thats the dunning-kruger chapter on stupidity.

@robertwilliams1519

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, stupidity is universal.

@saqibmasoodi6257

2 жыл бұрын

This shit always blows my mind. Makes me question everything, heck i think i have completely lost my religious beliefs going down this Rabbit hole of philosophy 🤷

The difference between intelligence and stupidity is that intelligence has limits.

@oligoprimer

Жыл бұрын

Einstein said there are two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. He followed that by clarifying that he wasn’t sure about the universe.

@paulsnell534

Жыл бұрын

@@oligoprimer I am stupid but 2 things I admit it and I recognise it. Most people don't get that far

@PS-ic4bp

Жыл бұрын

😂

@VictorYarema

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a slogan, right?

@ANDROLOMA

Жыл бұрын

@@VictorYarema Or a fastgan.

The more I learn, the more stupidity is revealed and the less time I waste on stupid people.

Extraordinary dynamic. Bonhoffer's Platonic influence is evident. Kudos to this creater. This should be in every classroom above sixth grade.

"When arguing with fools; be absolutely sure that the other person isn't doing the same thing" -- Abraham Lincoln.

@SaltyShaman

2 жыл бұрын

My mother's favourite quote. "Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool"

@lovealways2609

2 жыл бұрын

"never argue with fools - onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." ■▪︎. MARK TWAIN

@lovealways2609

2 жыл бұрын

@@SaltyShaman ahhhh. my honors degree in tomfoolery has taken me so far

@DKJahlove

2 жыл бұрын

😁 yes!

@richsackett3423

2 жыл бұрын

“When trying to appear smart on the internet, quote historical figures. It’s so easy!” - Captain Obvious

"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience” - Mark Twain

@alanmckeeve2695

2 жыл бұрын

He also said never argue with fools observers cant tell the difference.

@lizbueding2626

2 жыл бұрын

"I would never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man".

@1laforees829

2 жыл бұрын

To argue any point is stupid.

@ralphfrasier2079

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanmckeeve2695 Never heard this one.....definitely sounds like Twain!

@tolpacourt

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what this means.

"Sooner or later, false thinking brings wrong conduct." Sir Julian Huxley - Essays of a Biologist (1924)

Stupidity and ignorance are two powerful forces, Blessed Be.

"Arguing with a genius is hard, arguing with an idiot is impossible", Einstein (I think)

@crisfield4364

2 жыл бұрын

If Einstein didn't say it, I'll bet that he'd agree with it.

@thatotherguy8138

2 жыл бұрын

Arguing with a Genius who is also an Idiot is even worse.

@rburgess1515

2 жыл бұрын

Well i looked it up and it was Bill Murray

@catherinehazur7336

2 жыл бұрын

@Esphaeras Praestans arguing with those whose reasoning ability has been eaten away by TDS and the comorbidity of Identity Politics is even more futile

@jamesaritchie1

2 жыл бұрын

@Esphaeras Praestans You don't have the ability to think. Or to write a proper sentence.

This explains how people can hate someone they've never met simply because someone told them to.

@user-je7js5wl6p

Жыл бұрын

Все просто. Эти люди хотят ненавидеть. Это их потребность.

@CarlosFloresP

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought

@Diremension

Жыл бұрын

@@user-je7js5wl6p Hate creates hate. There's so much hate in this world, no wonder people want to vent by hating on others for no particular reason. But this only creates more hate. It's a repetitive cycle

@user-je7js5wl6p

Жыл бұрын

@@Diremension выбор всегда за каждым из нас. Кто-то имеет силы и не отвечает злом на зло. Кто-то слаб и труслив и понимая свою слабость, отвечает еще большим злом, надеясь, что теперь его будут считать сильным.

@Diremension

Жыл бұрын

@@user-je7js5wl6p That's partly true. Too many people are choosing the easy route. But it's not a problem of the induvidual in my opinion. It's way bigger than that. I think people need to be taught to not combat hate with hate. If people don't know there is another way, how are they supposed to choose if they think there is only this one option? They are victims themselves that don't know any better I think. I'm not trying to excuse this kind of behavior, I'm just trying to rationalize it

Thank you for posting, and making me aware of this gentleman's attempt at redressing what was happening . I am always impressed and in awe of those who stand up against such overwhelming odds; and often sadly pay with their life.

Great video, brilliant graphics. Thank you !

In the old days, before the internet, we believed that stupidity was caused by lack of information. It wasn't that!

@dnmurphy48

2 жыл бұрын

While blaming the internet for everything people forget that the panic of the witch hunt craze, the rise of Protestantism against the Catholic church, the rise of Marxist-Leninism, the rise of the Nazis all happened without the internet and nothing more than the printing press as a communications medium.

@leifvejby8023

2 жыл бұрын

@@dnmurphy48 I'm not blaming the internet but people - stoopid people will be stoopid no matter how much or how little information they have access to.

@pd4165

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah - the internet has just made it easier for the stupid to find justification for their stupidity. And to find each other with ease - the algorithms of Facebook being a prime example (if you like this brand of stupid you'll like this extreme version even more!).

@uno1087

2 жыл бұрын

The internet brought what was called the age of information but it was quickly turned the Age of misinformation.

@leifvejby8023

2 жыл бұрын

@@reasonerenlightened2456 That is one kind of stupidity

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” ~Maximilien de Robespierre

@pedrozappa1188

2 жыл бұрын

.."How fortunate for governments that the people they administer do not think". ~ Adolf Hitler ..There has always been that common thread in society that makes it easy to control.

@sm6jesse

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, except that "education" can be used to keep people ignorant. much of our current education does just this... it's partly propaganda

@hadara69

2 жыл бұрын

@@sm6jesse It’s fairly easy to distinguish between education and indoctrination. If what is being taught can’t handle pushback, critique, or the scrutiny of basic logic, it’s the latter. The problem is, Conservatives (in America) have already decided that those are flipped. This is rooted in Creationism, but also in traditional racist beliefs (for instance, educating kids about how minority groups have suffered and should be treated, which is the root of the made-up “CRT controversy”) not to mention an elaborate Nationalistic mythology about American exceptionalism, etc. Indoctrination has one goal: To create more cult members. Education has another: To create free-thinkers who aren’t conformists.

@frederiquecouture3924

2 жыл бұрын

...Then he was guillotined.

@hadara69

2 жыл бұрын

@@frederiquecouture3924 Thanks. There’s ALWAYS one… Lol!

This explanation of stupidity is very applicable at this time in the US.....

@Nektaria11000

Ай бұрын

You Nailed it . Just as Hitler’s or of past present likes of Him are being supported by people , the people are more stupid than the Leader . Consoling ourself that the Stupids had it coming does not help, when the cunning leader begins to encroach and prey on others . So there has to be another way to eradicate stupidity and force the stupid to be aware of their actions .

"Stupidity ain't a virus. But it sure is spreading like one."

"Knowing ignorance is strength, but ignoring knowledge is sickness." - Lao Tzu

@clocktower1164

2 жыл бұрын

The most important part of 'know thyself' is to know our own ignorance and our own arrogance.

@5uperM

2 жыл бұрын

@@clocktower1164 very true.

@kenlieck7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@clocktower1164 Knowing how the brain works is a vital part of this.

"I can tolerate insanity, But I can't deal with stupidity." Thanks Dad.

@eymed2023

2 жыл бұрын

What's the difference?

@decab8292

2 жыл бұрын

@@eymed2023 woof !

@eymed2023

2 жыл бұрын

@@decab8292 Uh...what? Why are you imitating a dog noise out of a sudden? Where talking about human beings, not dogs.

@decab8292

2 жыл бұрын

@@eymed2023 You asked the difference between stupidity and insanity. Answer: Woof 😉

@seanleith5312

2 жыл бұрын

This is very precise description of political left of today and very precise description of university professor, students, 99% of Hollywood. Only places not infested are those who have suffer from the communist hell: Russian, China, Poland, Hungary.

This describes everything that is wrong right here, right now.

I started working with an OCPD manager in 2016 and I have learned how harmful stupidity can be. His ego seems to be his primary priority, and he puts it above all other goals anyone around him could have. He has climbed a ladder by simply saying buzz words, but if you were to ask him a follow-up question in good faith, he will fly into a rage as if you are threatening him. It's bizarre.

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." Robert A. Heinlein - Writer (1907 - 1988)

@MarcCastellsBallesta

2 жыл бұрын

Carlo Cipolla wrote something similar.

@rnedlo9909

2 жыл бұрын

We watched the experienced political powers that be fail to heed that advice in 2016.

@johnczoykowski132

2 жыл бұрын

Haven't read my favorite Einstein attribution yet: "Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first one."

Bonhoeffer, a man of truth and courage. He wasn't "free" on the outside but he was inwardly. Thank you for this video.

@ChayaKhy

Жыл бұрын

After seeing this video I'd like to say that even on the outside he was freer than his compatriots. 🙃

@adamabele785

10 ай бұрын

It is a pity that he did not survive the war. He had so many things to teach the world, one of the brightest in his profession. I studied his works with great benefits. He was only 39 when he died.

@Babyluthi

9 ай бұрын

@@adamabele785 oh my. A gift to the world for such a short time.

@aliceinwonderland887

5 ай бұрын

He was so happy to leave here.

This is so relevant today that it is chilling!

Few people are able to maintain a truly unbiased “open” mind. The amygdala short circuits most neural pathways early on, so new evidence, no matter how convincing, has a hard time forging a better highway to understanding once an original narrative becomes engrained.

Years ago when I worked in a high school library, a colleague once said to me, in frustration regarding one of her students: "Someone told her once that she was brilliant, and she is stupid enough to believe it." Since then I met MANY people that fit that description.

@kelaarin

10 ай бұрын

"Everybody's special", amirite?

@willfox4654

8 ай бұрын

That's a great quote

@greeceuranusputin

6 ай бұрын

Stupid people don't understand sarcasm.

@aliceinwonderland887

5 ай бұрын

Never think you know already. instead you want to know more.

@chriss3030

5 ай бұрын

That's the long way to describe: delusional. But which character in the story is the delusional one, or more delusional than the other... Things that make me go: Hmmm

Interesting too, is the fact that social media can tend to AMPLIFY this effect. Try and talk out anything online and you can actually feel the virtual cyber piranhas nipping away at your flesh.

@crhu319

2 жыл бұрын

Threaded media are inherently stupid.

@drewtorres1660

2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of Trump supporters

@jimandskittum

2 жыл бұрын

The majority of the comments on here back up what you are saying. There is a parroting of a bunch of one liner quotes from philosophers and not much original content.

@q.e.d.9112

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimandskittum I don’t think people parroting truisms amounts to the “virtual cyber piranhas” that the OP mentions.

@jimandskittum

2 жыл бұрын

@@q.e.d.9112 Thanks for chiming in

Maliciousness and stupidity are actually the same thing. Once you realize stupidity is a choice, the only explanation is that the person is deciding to be greedy at the expense of others. The catch, however, is that this also applies to people who give the impression that they are smart and intellectual and open-minded, yet are still wrong.

So Bonhoeffer felt stupidity can’t be fixed? Brilliant !

this is GOLD... any similarity with our current realty is not coincidence

@waltersobchak7275

2 жыл бұрын

LGB

@robertramsey653

2 жыл бұрын

That's because we actually ARE stupid and allow history to repeat itself. And the side that is actually committing the atrocities always calls the other the evil ones not being able to see the irony of their own actions and words. Like our current predicament with the vax. They cant see that "show me your papers" is literally creating a second class of people. There should never be a situation where we have to show papers to be allowed to participate in society, and they think the "reason" makes it ok. The "reason" is just a way to turn people against each other, and its working wonderfully for them.

@jakethomas1829

2 жыл бұрын

@@waltersobchak7275 FJB indeed!

@waltersobchak7275

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakethomas1829 👍🤣😂

@CarrotConsumer

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertramsey653 Or they just value public health over personal liberty. It's not stupidity, it's a different set of priorities. Before vaccines it wasn't uncommon to have a sibling or child die from a disease we no longer have to deal with. So when vaccine mandates for schools and some workplaces started few cared. Were they wrong to not care about a life saving policy? Understanding the perspective of people not like you is important.

Mark twain famously wrote; "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." And in my long life I've fought many of those battles and lost all of them. However there is a way for you to turn your intelligence against these people. Instead of arguing with them pretend to be interested. but each time your victim explains their ideas you must completely agree and also entirely misunderstand them in a way that's even more stupid then the original idea. This will make them feel incredibly frustrated and as soon as this becomes noticeable you will feel happiness because even though they still do not get why they are stupid they at least feel what everyone else feels when talking with them.

@CAMSLAYER13

Жыл бұрын

That's stupid, either have the discussion or do not. Don't fuck with people because you think they are stupid.

@BluePatriotWinner

Жыл бұрын

LOL love it! Thank you. Definitely gonna give that a shot.

@skeetsvar162

Жыл бұрын

Plot twist, your feigned stupidity was taken at face value and has succeeded in convincing the idiot that his stupid ideas are stupid and that your even dumber ideas are smarter. He is now unintentionally using your own words against you. Congratulations, you played yourself.

@kimc451

Жыл бұрын

Bahaha! I had to screenshot this! Great tip! Will def use this! God speed to all common sense, critical thinkers who feel like they’re living in crazy land! Keep up the good fight! 😉🤗

@horustrismegistus1017

Жыл бұрын

This dude said force doesn't solve stupidity. Yes. It does.

Sadly, some things never change. This is more relevant than ever.

Truth is elegantly simple

I have long contended that stupidity wasn't a lack of intelligence or capability of rational thought but of willful ignorance. Unintelligent people often try to understand much harder than a willfully ignorant person. I have found more legitimately learning-disabled people capable of understanding complex ideas than people who outright refuse to learn because of ideology.

@StillGamingTM

11 ай бұрын

Yes I’ve met plenty of people with learning disabilities and/or supposedly low IQ say very insightful things or learning complex matters via a different route. I’ve also met plenty of people who were supposed to be intelligent to be very closed minded and unwilling to change or update views. Not to mention blaming external circumstances when not able to solve a puzzle instead of just trying for longer/trying something different/asking for help

@fazom1707

10 ай бұрын

A simplification: irrationality is different from stupidity. It tends to be induced by emotion, rather than by intellectual condition, and that seems to be overlooked by most people. There are situations in which even intelligent people act or think irrationally, and situations in which "unintelligent" people act/think rationally.

@libraryaccount5929

10 ай бұрын

💯

@FQT_Keller-Ash

10 ай бұрын

My one thing is my disability actually makes it so I feel the need to ignore information, this has been a great challenge of mine, especially since people often take it as me not wanting to learn when in reality I feel like I can not learn in my current state and I am trying to get to a state where I can.

@feraxks

10 ай бұрын

willfully ignorant = moral deficiency

The video doesn't mention that there is a bliss for people like this. They don't have to think, no matter what they do they're right and you're wrong. It is very compelling to people who are confused by a complicated world.

@Paulcitomusic

6 ай бұрын

They may enjoy blissful moments when they are in the trance and with the group who is agreeing and boosting them. On the internet this takes the form of "likes" and agreeing replies. But their need to viciously verbally attack the skeptic who jumps into the dialog, the one who is not uncritically supporting the consensus view of the group and the topic at hand, shows what is really inside. They have no peace of mind and they have no knowledge of their own potential (but deeply buried) sense of self. They are not free. But they don't think of life or society in terms of being free, so that doesn't factor into their behavior and their unconscious abuse of the thoughtful skeptic. I call this mode "reddit think", because Reddit is the one major internet platform where I've observed this mode of being and behavior is most frequent.

I found this so helpful and insightful. Thank you. I have been thinking the 'stupidity' that is being referred to is part of the human brain's 'need for certainty' as per Mazlos' 6 human needs. One of those human needs is certainty/ uncertainty ( how I was taught it). During times of extreme stress, the human brain will seek 'certainty' to give it comfort and percieved safety. This is why any individuals or ideologies that are able to step up to the plate and offer such certainty, will be followed. The more dire things become in a society or the world, the worse it will get. It applies to everything from leaderships, politics, health, religions, environmental issues, financial systems. The capacity to cope with 'uncertainty' generally happens in times of plenty, in terms of a society at large. This fits in with what he says. It seems to be a weakness of the human brain, which is, no doubt, also it's strength at certain times, particularly in order to accomplish things, a certain amount of certainty is required.

"stupidity being moral failing more than an intellectual one": the problem is more of value system than of cognitive ability. When a person harms others for their self-interest knowing it is the wrong thing, they become evil. Wrongly harming others but thinking it is the right thing to do makes them "stupid". Many ideologies including religions manufacture stupidity at an very early age when most people are mentally defenseless.

As a mature-aged psychology student I have had a building interest in the area of stupidity while simultaneously thinking it would be difficult to research due to many being offended at the use of the word stupid. This video has given me the push to indeed try to make this an area of research as I enter my further years of study. Thank you Sprouts!

@egopathtime3273

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend looking into Carlos Cipolla's Taxonomy of Stupid (and his 5 fundamental laws) as well as terms like Midwit, NPC (Non-playable character), and Sheeple. Also further research by others helps. Hanlons Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect/incompetence/stupidity (at least not the first time) The Seven Laws of Stupidity By Nana Oppong The Seven Degrees of Stupid by Paul McWhorter You may also look into The Comfort Camper with myself and Tyr Ravensohn. Spoiler: They can't think outside their comfort zone. For movies: Free Guy or Idiocracy Good luck!

@skipperofschool8325

2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck! Update us if you want, I'll be happy to support in any way I can.

@egopathtime3273

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, here's the video on The Comfort Camper. Enjoy! kzread.info/dash/bejne/e2xnrpWLgcrSoco.html

@AlexAnastaso

2 жыл бұрын

Why we are so mad about stupitidity ? If you cant argue civilized with someone dont talk civilized it's liberating, then you dont need to defend yourself for stupid words because u already know the x person doesnt deserve your good self anyway. Stupid people are mad people that they dont want to accept their problem with specific people and blame anyone else ,they release their pressure on others while they are sayig tha they dont do that. 'I am always kind is masochism', 'I am always agreesive is sadism'. Just admit to yourself what is defense and what is not and prove it, the angry mob cant be justified (left,right or true liberal), the one without sins can throw the first stone, if you dont have a crime in your records you can 'throw a stone'(symbolical) for real IF AND ONLY IF they are trying to damage your health! REAL PRIDE does not has shame at all. (sry for my English)

@UatuEd

2 жыл бұрын

Might help to just rename it to something else - e.g. voluntary subjugation to group mind (well - something like that, you can probably think of something more catchy!). The name is very important - as it will be the difference between support and rage from the subjugated public.

"Stupidity is a moral deficiency." This is powerful stuff.

@lambdasun4520

Жыл бұрын

Too bad that it's a pseudoscientific statement. Stupidity is almost totally organic. An incapacity of the brain to process complexity without falling in some logical fallacy, which has an energetically lower cost and is so preferred by such low intelligence individuals. One example of logical fallacy is GENERALIZATION, which is massively used in this video.

@MikePuorro

Жыл бұрын

@@lambdasun4520 The theories posed by philosophers are thinking exercises, not ultimatums.

@PetrusSolus

Жыл бұрын

@Mikey P. - Quite correct. It's especially clear when you encounter people who will themselves not to know, even in the face of truth.

@brianwall9592

Жыл бұрын

@@lambdasun4520 Agreed.

@Ibian666

Жыл бұрын

@@lambdasun4520 Fallacy fallacy.

Thank you for sharing this.

Wow, what beautiful animations! Lovely, thanks

This can basically be summed up as "useful idiots". The parallels today are very disturbing. We are rushing into totalitarianism and most people seem to want it.

@kylej741

2 жыл бұрын

“Please think for me” syndrome

@ArcanePath360

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylej741 Yup. Never ends well .

@goodyeoman4534

2 жыл бұрын

As Covid has proved beyond doubt. Blind obedience and mass hysteria.

@gunman462

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodyeoman4534 Not to mention the hatred of those who don't blindly follow.

@kimrok1

2 жыл бұрын

@@gunman462 Thats the truth!

" Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level, and win with experience. " ______ Mark Twain

@jimda4910

2 жыл бұрын

Like playing chess with a pigeon in the park. He will poop on the board, knock over all the pieces and fly away and Victory.

@digitalperson108

2 жыл бұрын

The rule I always forget to follow when I wade into a debate on boobtoob. So fun to watch both political sides in attempting to co-opt this video to prove their own deranged views. Literally the premise of the video played out in near real time. Lol

@ltmundy1164

2 жыл бұрын

Wrestling with the pig. Everybody gets muddy. And only the pig enjoys it.

@storyslice1937

2 жыл бұрын

@@ltmundy1164 You made me think of this. Matt 7:6 . . . neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

@kylethedalek

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t you realise the irony here? This could be applied to anyone, you think your right, but aren’t. But you have this mindset the video is showing. And the people you think are stupid have this mindset about you. And vice versa.

Misplaced kindness is in the category of stupidity.

Im so glad for this video and even the comments section is great

This sounds to me like what is going on in America today. Stupidity is winning.

@WhirlOmar

2 жыл бұрын

In today’s world that depends on who you ask. For one side thinks the other side is stupid. But only one side really is. And that is the one that sounds radical and is about to bring this country into one like the Germany that this video is talking about.

@jankompos2330

2 жыл бұрын

sadly satan is winning yes,for now wait for the half time

@clocktower1164

2 жыл бұрын

America has been very stupid for a very long time.

@erniebuchinski3614

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone who thinks that it's really that much different here in Europe really needs to get out of the house more often, so to speak.

@user-ft7fq4ou4v

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhirlOmar just out of curiosity, which side do you view that to be? Seeing as you're going with Nazis, not communists, I think I can guess, but both sides see the other as the truly stupid one.

Someone pointed out to me when I was a teenager that intelligence and stupidity are not opposite ends of a spectrum, you can have a lot or very little of both. There are people who aren't very smart, but they work within their limitations and very rarely do anything stupid. There are also geniuses who do idiotic things regularly.

@vickiesutherland4628

Жыл бұрын

Then there are people Willfully ignorant!

@kencreel3136

Жыл бұрын

Haha why did Elon Musk just pop into my head

@CrimsonKingOkie

Жыл бұрын

I always thought of it as functional intelligence vs. raw brain power. As you say, a person of limited raw brain power who knows their limitations and works within them can easily do better than a person of greater processing ability who does not realize the limits of their own knowledge.

@the81kid

Жыл бұрын

Intelligence seems to be the specific skill of using the hand you were dealt in intellectual and technical ability to its fullest.

@gordongordon98

Жыл бұрын

@@CrimsonKingOkie yes, the illusion of knowledge

Bonhoeffer was onto something. My take on what he was shedding light on is this: Ignorance and stupidity are brothers. The slight difference is ignorance is a choice. The person chooses to ignore the TRUTH.

I am stupid for not letting things be. I am stupid for caring a bit too much. Letting go and letting it be.

The worst thing about stupidity is that it is very contagious.

@rckc.1719

Жыл бұрын

it has no cure also.......

@kc4cvh

Жыл бұрын

Cable television and the Internet are well-known vectors.

@kenromano3355

Жыл бұрын

I always liked the colloquailism and that is "You can fix dumb, but you can't fix stupid". As it is shown in this video.

Lately, discussing this with my gf, it seems that many people we thought of as intelligent (friends, coworkers, family) aren't. It's amazing how many people don't think too deep on much of anything

@goatface6602

2 жыл бұрын

….and it’s going to cost us all dearly.

@cnam1258

2 жыл бұрын

Intelligence and wisdom can be differentiated.

@MrJeffcoley1

2 жыл бұрын

“Trust the experts!”

@gillps5130

2 жыл бұрын

If they thought at all it would be a bonus so we are all suffering the resultant deficit.

@johnthompson5792

2 жыл бұрын

listen & observe,,, it will teach tons of 411

An intelligent enemy is safer that a stupid friend!

There is a lack of self relfection and responsibility in our education. We blame others, but never ourselves . I should reflect myself in order to make sure im not getting stupid.

Intelligence is innate, stupidity is taught. Bonhoeffer was spot on here and neuroscience can now explain directly why people react so negatively when their taught beliefs are challenged.

@brianoconnor3407

2 жыл бұрын

Just have to add that lack of intelligence is also innate.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

2 жыл бұрын

I'm still trying to know how he knew about my wife...

@jantelopez5626

2 жыл бұрын

do explain the neuro bit

@leecowell8165

2 жыл бұрын

Stupidity is the lack of intellect. you're born with one or the other and neither of those traits are "taught". Its all about DNA. However one hasta be careful. Why? Because almost ALL of us have critical thinking in one or more areas regardless of IQ. its just that with the lack of IQ things take longer (within your interest area). Also you may never find your interest area (where you are naturally "good" at). the Far East tests children at early ages to determine WHERE those natural abilities lie. We should do the same. However this country treats our young ones like a new wave of sheep.

@LynSmithmusic

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims but accomplices." George Orwell FJB

@nyyotam4057

2 жыл бұрын

Ricky Gervais, not Orwell. I found this quote in one of his shows at around 2015 and its the earliest it appears on the web.

@marisamartin3664

2 жыл бұрын

If they are aware of corruption and abuse. However I feel with the internet especially, few politicians can keep their past and current actions secret for long.

@uno1087

2 жыл бұрын

FDT

@Chinew60

2 жыл бұрын

The American people are electing the right politicians but are being deceived by the corrupt into believing elections are not rigged.

@Misslotusification

2 жыл бұрын

Whoever is elected, it's the government that rules.

A most interesting video and very educational. Thanks for posting

@sprouts

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Powerful! Thank you.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." -- Hanlon's Razor

@johnleonatti8573

2 жыл бұрын

Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice. This fits the current administration and wokeness in general.

@Tupelo927

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnleonatti8573 What is "wokeness?"

@jobob47

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tupelo927 the absolute certainty in your own victimhood.

@maxcovfefe

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tupelo927 in general, when I see people complaining about "wokeness" it usually means they don't feel like being polite. They want permission to be rude. "Woke" seems to be the awareness of modern manners, such a being mindful of other people's pronouns, respecting different cultures, sexual orientations, religions, races, and so forth. Woke is usually someone who embraces globalism. "Not Woke" is someone who would rather not globalize and outright rejects most new social norms in favor of older more traditional (aka "natural") norms.

@keesdenheijer7283

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnleonatti8573 That's not a razor, that's stupidity.

It’s typically against my philosophy to comment on KZread videos (I never sign in anymore), but I thought it was important to mention the book “The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero”. It’s an excellent read that should give anyone who doesn’t know about him a great insight into his life and what he stood for. A very commendable man. Great video by the way.

@sprouts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation !

@thzzzt

Жыл бұрын

Don't turn your nose up at KZread. God knows it's where you're needed.

@JoeOvercoat

Жыл бұрын

@@sprouts I find it an interesting twist that someone was involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler when Germany was clearly on the road to ruin. I would think the only motivation would be to discourage the Russians from destroying Germany in retribution for the Nazis.

Absolutely, generating good ideas involves creativity and critical thinking, while parroting often seeks external approval without true understanding or originality. Genuine innovation stems from authentic exploration and experience.

"Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." ~ Ambrose Bierce - The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

The truthiness of this is depressing. I've said for years that the Internet and social media in particular have become stupidity amplifiers. I fear we will destroy ourselves with the collective stupidity of the masses before long.

@compassroses

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't help that profit-motivated algorithms deliberately amplify overly-emotional ignorance. On the brighter side, educational videos induce the algorithm to provide more education.

@williamweaver9193

2 жыл бұрын

There are some well educated, truthful people on the internet, but especially when politics gets involved, then grows propaganda controlled by powerful allied parties.