The Role of Stupidity

linebaugh

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theres a million little lamps all beckoning you towards stupidity.

A similar conversation is everything demanding a 'take'
 

sus

Well-known member
Like flies flying towards the killing lamp.
Fun fact, we have no idea why they do this.

I've been meaning to make a bumpersticker with a graphic of a moth and a flashlight. "Bugs: What do they WANT. What do they KNOW. What are they AFTER"
 

luka

Well-known member
i often feel as though stupidity, like low caste, is something forced upon people, as opposed to something innate
 

Clinamenic

Binary & Tweed
So both words semantically have to do with some kind of impediment or difficulty, but I think @linebaugh is right about stupidity being a sort of false/hollow understanding, as displayed by the mount stupid plot.
 

sus

Well-known member
We are stupid on the question of bug desire, no question. We are basically stupid when it comes to non-human minds generally.
 

luka

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in some ways the reverse of this process

PROPOSITION - a GENIUS is a monster who commandeers mental & spiritual resources from the wider community in the same way as a capitalist impoverishes others or as an empire impoverishes its vassal states.
 

Clinamenic

Binary & Tweed
in some ways the reverse of this process

PROPOSITION - a GENIUS is a monster who commandeers mental & spiritual resources from the wider community in the same way as a capitalist impoverishes others or as an empire impoverishes its vassal states.
And now we have an example of "ridiculous"
 

sus

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To me, it's far more offensive to say intelligence isn't real, because then you're stuck with "well they're just lazy" or something when called upon to explain why these people can't hang with post-industrial society.
 
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