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The evil penguin
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 Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Ever consider yourself an idiot? |
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Sometimes I know I am an idiot, and not to brag, but I'm confident in this knowledge. Other times I know I am clever, like when I finish that crossword. What has perturbed me for a while is how arrogant many people seem. It's a strange world, where it seems like 90% of folks for some reason believe they are better than approximately 90% of folks. Am I wrong? I gather this crap from unreliable sources like the internet, so maybe I am wrong. How can 90% ..supposing that is a fair estimate... consider 90% to be crap?
Ah, so maybe 90% are idiots.
Glad to be with the cool majority then. |
Yes, i am an idiot. However there are times, when i have this fleeting thought...that maybe...just maybe I'm not actually stupid... but instead am average.... maybe i am just like the majority of people.. a member of humanity in general... and part of the fellow brotherhood of man. Not an idiot..just normal.
Then i think..."nah! I'm really an idiot" |
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jklasdf
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, everybody is an idiot at some stage in their life. Especially when alcohol is involved. |
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steveinincheon
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: in The Shadows of Gyeyangsan
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Having advanced or specialized knowledge about something that few people don't have doesn't make you any less an idiot. Look at many academics. To me being an idiot means lacking common sense. Unfortunately, I think most of us fall into that category at some point or other. |
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PARAMDUNGI
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Read Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" |
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verseinu
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: Ever consider yourself an idiot? |
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| beercanman wrote: |
Sometimes I know I am an idiot, and not to brag, but I'm confident in this knowledge. Other times I know I am clever, like when I finish that crossword. What has perturbed me for a while is how arrogant many people seem. It's a strange world, where it seems like 90% of folks for some reason believe they are better than approximately 90% of folks. Am I wrong? I gather this crap from unreliable sources like the internet, so maybe I am wrong. How can 90% ..supposing that is a fair estimate... consider 90% to be crap?
Ah, so maybe 90% are idiots.
Glad to be with the cool majority then. |
I'd say we are all idiots - 100% of us - we're a species of idiots. The arrogant ones are so because that is their defence against feelings of insecurity that the knowledge of their idiocy brings - (taps the ash off a cigar). Here I would define idiocy as errors and mistakes in our judgement...the consequences of living. In this case we are all idiots, we all make mistakes.
For such a 'developed' society I think, as a collection of individuals, we are incredibly insecure. We can deal with it differently. If one tells themselves that they are better than someone else at something (a little lie to themselves hopefully based in some form of reality) in order to ward off feeling like a complete dunce AND they are still somewhat productive as a result, then is this necessarily such a bad thing. Ya, its not exactly pleasant dealing with an arrogant arse.... look at dr.house - he saves lives!
or, one can live with the knowledge of their fallibility and just accept the gnawing anxiety that honestly looking at their faults can bring. Though, if this brings them to their knees and paralyses them so much so they can't function in society, then maybe a little arrogance (at least what we perceive as arrogance) could help. |
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kabrams
Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Location: your Dad's house
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
| 50% of people are below average intelligence. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Ever consider yourself an idiot? |
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| beercanman wrote: |
Sometimes I know I am an idiot, and not to brag, but I'm confident in this knowledge. Other times I know I am clever, like when I finish that crossword. What has perturbed me for a while is how arrogant many people seem. It's a strange world, where it seems like 90% of folks for some reason believe they are better than approximately 90% of folks. Am I wrong? I gather this crap from unreliable sources like the internet, so maybe I am wrong. How can 90% ..supposing that is a fair estimate... consider 90% to be crap?
Ah, so maybe 90% are idiots.
Glad to be with the cool majority then. |
QFT I feel exactly the same. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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