what do you think makes people stupid?

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

this is not a thread to personally attack other users
this is not a thread for me to rant about what kind of people i find stupid
this is a thread for everybody else to rant about what kind of people they find stupid and why

(if you're in highschool everyone is stupid we get it man)

 

[moonbound]

People who think they're smart are stupid

 

[Soul Fly]

^^ Christopher Hitchens thought he was smart. He called himself smart. He dissed other people for not being smart enough.

And he happens to be one of the smartest mother fucker who graced planet earth.

 

[Houndoomsday]

People who try to be cool

Arrogant people

People who think they know everything

 

[yond]

low IQ's specifically somewhere like 85 or 90

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

houndoomsday i would argue that none of those inherently make a person stupid. you can try to be cool AND be cool; i would argue that most people who are cool, try to be. arrogant people are mostly stupid, i'll give you that, but you don't have to be humble to be smart.

people who try to be things that they aren't are more confused than stupid, and being confused doesn't make you stupid.

 

[inanimate blob]

people who assume they are better because they play a land sport

people who cannot take a joke

people who assume they are smarter than you because they are older

 

[Optimusje]

when people are hypocrites makes me think of them as being stupid really fast

 

[frogoholic101]

People who demand more respect than anybody is realistically entitled to.

 

[VKCA]

^^ Christopher Hitchens thought he was smart. He called himself smart. He dissed other people for not being smart enough.

And he happens to be one of the smartest mother fucker who graced planet earth.

Hitler was a Buddhist therefor all Buddhist s are hitler

 

[VKCA]

And also being smarter than a bunch of primeapes who haven't even colonised a planet yet does not mean you aave the answers to everything

 

[Cresselia~~]

people who assume they are smarter than you because they are older

Oh yes.
People who think that being parents automatically means that they are always right.

"I ate more salt than you ate rice!"
Oh hell ya, so you eat like 3 bowls of salt everyday?

 

[billymills]

People who expect respect: for themselves, for their status, for their opinions, or likewise.

 

[cookie]

people who think it's possible to have over 100 for their IQ

 

[Dubby]

People who think good grades = high intelligence.

 

[Aldaron]

poverty and poor breeding

 

[macle]

people with pokemon or a specific pokemon in their name (besides articuno)

 

[Princess Bubblegum]

People who are actively against learning and education, this tends to be the defining characteristic of 'stupid people.' For example, people that hate documentaries, people who hate museums, people who don't see the point of school or a specific subject, people who hate scientists, ect.

I believe the term is 'anti-intellectualism' if I remember correctly.

 

[phalanx]

IQ tests? those are just basically puzzles, those only judge a type of intellect.
but what exactly is stupid? everyone does stupid things, some people are bad at some things, but good at others.

basically it is our judgement.

 

[ScarfGren]

Television, and the logic that High/Good Grades means you're smart.

 

[Mack the Knife]

Everybody is a fool. It's those who can't admit who are the most foolish.

 

[Chou Toshio]

If being smart was such a great thing, the world would have more intelligent people-- it would be a trait greater selected for by evolution (where as "moderate intelligence by human standards" seems to be the optimum point-- smart enough to function, but dumb enough not to go off the deep end; or have only 1 kid, or none at all).

As of right now, I'm not at all convinced that higher than average intelligence is universally a good thing. Whether it is a major asset or not, kind of depends on how it manifests itself, the type of intelligence, and whether the person in question has the other social, communicative, and emotional attributes needed to really use that intelligence to its full potential (ie. if you act like everyone else is dumb, you won't accomplish much--humans are creatures that achieve the most through cooperation).

 

[Justin8649]

If being smart was such a great thing, the world would have more intelligent people-- it would be a trait greater selected for by evolution (where as "moderate intelligence by human standards" seems to be the optimum point-- smart enough to function, but dumb enough not to go off the deep end; or have only 1 kid, or none at all).

As of right now, I'm not at all convinced that higher than average intelligence is universally a good thing. Whether it is a major asset or not, kind of depends on how it manifests itself, the type of intelligence, and whether the person in question has the other social, communicative, and emotional attributes needed to really use that intelligence to its full potential (ie. if you act like everyone else is dumb, you won't accomplish much--humans are creatures that achieve the most through cooperation).

I'm not sure you understand how evolution works. Stupid people reproduce at a much higher rate than smart people. I don't even need to waste time giving you a source for this because it is common knowledge. There are plenty of things that are "great" that have been phased out through evolution. It has nothing to do with being "great" or not. It's all about reproduction and survival.

 

[Houndoomsday]

@Poppy I was posting types of people I find "stupid" as in lame, annoying, etc.

this is a thread for everybody else to rant about what kind of people they find stupid and why

the above kinda made me think it wasnt intelligence based, but a subjective judgement of character

 

[Chou Toshio]

I'm not sure you understand how evolution works. Stupid people reproduce at a much higher rate than smart people. I don't even need to waste time giving you a source for this because it is common knowledge. There are plenty of things that are "great" that have been phased out through evolution. It has nothing to do with being "great" or not. It's all about reproduction and survival.

Depends on your definition of "great". My definition of "great" isn't people who make history books; to me greatness is in finding daily happiness, and to me that's heavily connected to leaving successful offspring behind. Nature as a whole is so hell-bent on having living things focus on "survival" that I think it is a very important goal in life. A trait that doesn't directly connect with that isn't so "great" in my book.