Scary thought

Sep 4, 2021 1:32 AM

hoopsnek

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Smart people are smart enough to know they don't know very much.

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oh I know I'm not smart but I do have common sense

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Keep learning new stuff (today I found out / it's ok to be smart /etc on YouTube)

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Quick hack: dont

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I consider myself relatively smart, which seems less impressive to me every day.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The older I get the more I realize I'm an idiot. You have time.

4 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 1

Let me give you some advice, “don’t take advice from me”

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The more you know the more you know you don't know

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The smarter you are the more you realize just how little you know.

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Yes, but as we see here you have enough self-awareness to have doubt about your superiority. So you may be stupid, but you are not a fool.

4 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

"Am I even good enough for Imposter Syndrome?"

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

some of the nicest guys i know are very decent educated and average and some very smart guys i know are real dicks. i prefer nice folks.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I know a little bit about a whole lot lol

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If you think you are smart then just find something that you don't know anything about and take a few classes for fun. \1

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

There are a ton of free lectures on YouTube.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Thank Grod Im smart enough to realize I'm an fucking mroron. The irony.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

The key is knowing what you don’t know. And not pretending to know it all.

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#1 if your smart enough to realize you might to stupid you probably aren't the kind of stupid you're worried about

4 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

You're* too* (although it's hard to tell since your sentence is a fucking trainwreck).

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But what if I'm some other kind of stupid I'm not realizing? There are so many ways to be stupid.

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

You made me smile

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Its even worse, because many people dont even know what they mean by "smart", yet assume everyone has the same definition of the word.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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Smart is good. Wise is better. Knowing how much you don’t know is wisdom.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Count the number of stupid people around you. Half, less than half? If its less than half, it doesnt bode well for you. Sweet spot is around

4 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

60-70%. More than that and its likely over confidence or birds of a feather flock together.

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We're all nerds.

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 4

I consider myself smart, not because I know a lot, but because I know how to adequately teach myself given the resources to do so. Can I 1/2

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Rebuild your cars engine? He'll no. Give me the right books and a month or two and I'll be able to though. 2/2

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Only a fool believes himself wise and only the wise man can see how much a fool he really is... to paraphrase Socrates

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Ask yourself this: are you smart enough to recognize where there are gaps in your knowledge and do you recognize there are experts who have

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Knowledge that fills said gaps? If you answered yes than you are smarter than the average idiot. To get even further ahead you should listen

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To the experts who dedicate their careers to filling knowledge gaps. Even if what they say may contradict what your limited knowledge

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You at least are at a level where you can be aware that you may be stupid, so you have that going for you.

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In general, if you're aware that you are not the towering pillar of absolute intellect regadless of the time,place,or topic, then you're ok.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yep. Much like questioning if you're insane, questioning whether you're stupid is a moderately good sign you're not. Not yet.

4 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 0

what if you know you are insane, but not insane enough to need help. where does that put you sanity wise. serious question.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I mean... *technically* being insane means you couldn't possibly know. ESPECIALLY in regards to the legal system in most of the U.S.

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However, please don't take what I say as absolute.

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gotcha, so as long as i have enough self awareness to differ between what i consider moral, and what the law says is legal, and follow the>

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dunning-Kruger effect is real

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It also happens to everyone, whether they are stupid or clever. v

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And the more dunning you are the more krugerer it gets!

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It's worse: It is real and most people that have heard about it believe in an absurdly exaggerated and simplified version while being 1/2

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

totally convinced that they're the smart ones, while even the dichotomic distinction between smart and not smart is comically oversimplified

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I am just smart enough to know how stupid I am, it's a curse!

4 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

Sounds like a blessing tbh!

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well if I was more dumberer it would be more better because I would think I'm smart

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I often wonder if D-K references are made by people suffering from or with the stupidity.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As a friends stated, "great, a study about dumb people how dumb they are, to make other dumb people feel smart when they know about Dunning-

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-Kruger effect." Different but fitting perspective too, got me thinking. Proof? Just look at certain topics on Imgur.

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It's literally not real. Google it. Also, the Stanford prison experiment had a ton of issues and results of Milgram are likely exaggerated.

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DK apparently did have some methodological issues. Also, for sure: “the replication crisis” exists. But we all see aspects of DK daily 1/

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Found the effect for real here in you, lol

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it literally is real, as an example, the entire "I did my research" group, all profoundly idiotic, all think they are super intelligent.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm pretty sure it's Freddy Krueger effect.

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Actually...it's dundler Mifflin....smh

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Actually, it's the doogie howser effect.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The ultimate dunning kruger effect test is whether you think you know what it means. I don't, so I'm safe.

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Stay open minded, willing to accept you make mistakes and are not perfect. A great way to stay clear of the dunning kruger affect

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Having studied educational theory, i understand it and i hate when people shout from the peak of mount stupid

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well I mean otherwise no one would hear them, it's a mountain. Think.

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I think I do know what it means, so you see my problem here.

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Well I know if you have an erection that last for more than 4 hours you are suppose to go to a doctor

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Introspection is a sign you might be ok

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The big test is wether or not you will change your opinion if presented with information that disproves something you believed and you go, 1

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And take the time to look at what they said, and if it is true change your mind. That's the difference between smart and dumb. 2/2

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I’ve seen armchair quarterbacks argue with lawyers about how court works & doctors about what treatments they should use on patients. ?‍♀️

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I think that's more about ego than intelligence. Smart people are great at justifying their stupid ideas and actions.

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It's better to avoid thinking

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Yeah. I should probably think less and do more.

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No no no, it's do less and do more.

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Sink deep into to the present moment and the task at hand and you’ll start stop the cycle of habitual overthinking.

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We are human beings not human doings

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I only know that I know nothing.

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All I understand is that I don't understand.

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That’s us dude

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Thanks Plato

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... said Socrates

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show off

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All we are is dust in the wind, dude.

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Dust, Wind, Dude.

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But that is at least one thing you know, but if you know that, then you can't know nothing, but then you'd be wrong, so you do know nothing.

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I now know that you know nothing.

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I only know I can never learn everything I want to know in a single lifetime and that kinda sucks

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Your name by any chance John Snow?

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Jon*

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Ah, I knew something wasn't right.

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John Snow knew something alright

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He knew where the cholera came from!

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Knew all about the downstairs mix up

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I think I'm fair to average, with a keen spike in useless information that isn't valuable.

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according to my psych analysis i am mostly average intelligent. which is fine by me

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Welcome to the club, we meet Wednesdays. Bring a snack to share.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I got hungry and ate them....

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Hey, Compadre!

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Are you me? Are we each other?

4 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Well, I've never seen us in the same room, sooooooo....

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Same but it makes me a nightmare at bar trivia

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm above average, but seeing how average is such a low fucking bar that doesn't mean much.

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Big time oof....

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

i never voted trump so I can feel my spectrum

4 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Which means you're probably above average intelligence w/ impostor syndrome

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*could be. They could also just be very in touch with themselves/good at introspection.

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Yeah! ....wait

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Well you speak with redundancies sooo.. :p

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Sometimes I like to prove a point by stating a point differently from my original point...

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You did him dirty.

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He didn’t say which direction from average.

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Isn't valuable, yet!

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Somehow, I don't think my extensive knowledge of late 80s to early 90s anime is going to save the world.

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It's the butterfly effect. Your in a gas station and it comes up in conv. The anime story about overcoming obstacles kept the person from

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Suicide. They find the cure for something chronic.

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Yeah.... YEAH!!! I'm a hero!!

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