I say the same thing. I was saying to my son the other day that it is hard living in a world filled with idiots. Yes a lot of people are nice people, good people and I like them, but get frustrated with the way they think. Its not easy being green :)
Correct. Unabomber was a genius but brainwashed at age 19.
My friend has two PhDs and is extremely intelligent yet he believes not one bit I tell him how the media is controlled. Then again he has many connections to these people who’ll soon be in GITMO. He will only believe me I take it once they show public executions.
Mmpi II shows that the mentally ill and higher educated have more defense mechanisms in play. Of course, this was before the mentally ill were recruited to teach in academia.
Healthy use of defense mechanisms to function in your environment is good. Unhealthy use of defense mechanisms to support your rightness is bad.
How do you manipulate someone? Give them what they want. Validation for those who need to be right, hope for those who need to be calmed.
The best anecdote to manipulation is an unwavering commitment to TRUTH.
I did have to learn that next to being intellectually smart, it's also very important to be street smart.
Luckily for me I've always hated authority and was quite rebellious, so I ended up with friends that weren't intellectual but more street smart. We did a lot of partying, drinking, smoking weed and just hanging on the street. This is what prevented me from becoming like my classmates, who were more concerned about conforming to what was expected of you.
People with "book smarts" are not always wise when it comes to life. One of the saddest men I ever worked with had 12 years of college. He excelled there. But he couldn't make a good decision in the real world to save his life. He came from a long line of well known doctors. The type of men who have cancer centers named after them in the East. Very wealthy but with a huge ego. I'd rather hang out with the Proud Boys than him, to tell you the truth. He was a humongous pain in the ass.
I was always the highest IQ of the school where ever I went. That said, I find it is my humility that has been my defining character. Looking back, I have always been the most humble person I know...way more humble than most of you faggots!
Not just large brains. How many here had the biggest balls in school? LOL! I include our ladies in with that remark, because I'd rather they had my back in a bad situation than any of the pussyhat wearing nincompoops I've ever met. Former Cali native here.
I was tested at a university and it was 146 or 148 I cant remember. I was a super slacker in high school, college and university. Still got good marks. In college a prof thought I had dropped out at one point cause I took so much time off lol.
A psychologist friend gave me the MENSA exam years ago for the first IQ test I took. Don't know if that is now available online. But he was practicing to be able to offer it to his students, as to join MENSA at the time, a licensed psychologist had to administer the test. He asked if I wanted to join and I told him hell no! Even 40 years ago I didn't want the government having my private information.
I say the same thing. I was saying to my son the other day that it is hard living in a world filled with idiots. Yes a lot of people are nice people, good people and I like them, but get frustrated with the way they think. Its not easy being green :)
Education is a euphemism for brainwashed in this context.
Correct. Unabomber was a genius but brainwashed at age 19.
My friend has two PhDs and is extremely intelligent yet he believes not one bit I tell him how the media is controlled. Then again he has many connections to these people who’ll soon be in GITMO. He will only believe me I take it once they show public executions.
This!
Mmpi II shows that the mentally ill and higher educated have more defense mechanisms in play. Of course, this was before the mentally ill were recruited to teach in academia.
Healthy use of defense mechanisms to function in your environment is good. Unhealthy use of defense mechanisms to support your rightness is bad.
How do you manipulate someone? Give them what they want. Validation for those who need to be right, hope for those who need to be calmed.
The best anecdote to manipulation is an unwavering commitment to TRUTH.
The best anecdote to FEAR is the serenity prayer.
I did have to learn that next to being intellectually smart, it's also very important to be street smart.
Luckily for me I've always hated authority and was quite rebellious, so I ended up with friends that weren't intellectual but more street smart. We did a lot of partying, drinking, smoking weed and just hanging on the street. This is what prevented me from becoming like my classmates, who were more concerned about conforming to what was expected of you.
People with "book smarts" are not always wise when it comes to life. One of the saddest men I ever worked with had 12 years of college. He excelled there. But he couldn't make a good decision in the real world to save his life. He came from a long line of well known doctors. The type of men who have cancer centers named after them in the East. Very wealthy but with a huge ego. I'd rather hang out with the Proud Boys than him, to tell you the truth. He was a humongous pain in the ass.
Why do you assume they are smarter? By definition they don't seem to be.
Don't confuse actual intelligence with mere signals of intelligence; the latter is incredible easy to emulate – incredibly easy.
I was homeschooled after Kindergarten. Even Christian schools hate geniuses.
omg true fact right there. same. we know how to keep our mouths shut. top 5th percentile here all the time too. agree with all of you, hahaha.
LOL wonder how many didn't catch the irony
"It's Hard To Be Humble" by Mac Davis in 1980:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKWch_MNY0
He's the humblest guy in the room.
I should get back to work, bwahaahaha
Not just large brains. How many here had the biggest balls in school? LOL! I include our ladies in with that remark, because I'd rather they had my back in a bad situation than any of the pussyhat wearing nincompoops I've ever met. Former Cali native here.
Hence the irony in my remark ;)
I dont usually tell ppl my IQ. I can say it here because hey its just a message board.
I don't know what my IQ is. I'm always curious to know if it's slightly inaccurate. My best guess is 150-160.
I was tested at a university and it was 146 or 148 I cant remember. I was a super slacker in high school, college and university. Still got good marks. In college a prof thought I had dropped out at one point cause I took so much time off lol.
A psychologist friend gave me the MENSA exam years ago for the first IQ test I took. Don't know if that is now available online. But he was practicing to be able to offer it to his students, as to join MENSA at the time, a licensed psychologist had to administer the test. He asked if I wanted to join and I told him hell no! Even 40 years ago I didn't want the government having my private information.
"Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure at heart? 'Cause I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!"
I'm the pious guy the little Amlettes wanna be like
The Amish are offended by this
"There's no time for sin and vice, living in an Amish paradise"
According to Weird Al, they probably wouldn't have time to be offended either.
Btw, has anyone checked on the Amish? Do they know about COVID without their daily programming?
KEK!