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unixronin: A mon made from four torii gates (Wisdom/Zen)
[personal profile] unixronin
Monday, May 5th, 2008 07:43 pm

There are a lot of very sharp, bright people out there.

Unfortunate corollary¹:  There are a lot of depressingly stupid people out there.

[1]  Thanks to the law of averages.

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[identity profile] wyrdling.livejournal.com
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 03:54 am (UTC)
the problem is the stupid ones that think they're smart. a lot of the people with noticeably low IQs are really sweet. just don't let them keep mice for pets. but they don't get into power and think they know better than anybody else what should be done....

[identity profile] micheinnz.livejournal.com
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 06:36 am (UTC)
They don't? Have you seen the US President lately?

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[identity profile] unixronin.livejournal.com
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 10:28 am (UTC)
The key words there were "a lot of". :)

[identity profile] wyrdling.livejournal.com
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 03:58 pm (UTC)
(yes, i was careful about that ;)

[identity profile] wyrdling.livejournal.com
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 01:18 pm (UTC)
i think he's a hair or two above the severely disabled i'm describing. a prime example of the danger of "stupid enough to think they're smart" :P

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[identity profile] unixronin.livejournal.com
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 01:35 pm (UTC)
Compounded by the fact that he doesn't believe it's possible for him to be wrong or in error. I utterly cannot comprehend the kind of mind-set that it takes to dismiss physical reality as irrelevant compared to faith that one is doing the right thing.

[identity profile] wyrdling.livejournal.com
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 03:53 pm (UTC)
i think it simply requires the incapacity to recognize that any reality exists beyond one's own perceptions/personal theatre.

i've known enough people like that to recognize that it happens. not that i can still logically understand why anyone would want to live breathing their own smoke but it sure seems like they enjoy it.
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