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How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« on: November 02, 2010, 10:50:40 AM »
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/how-can-we-tell-the-stupid-people-from-the-smart-ones/?singlepage=true

Frank J with another post that uses a razor-sharp machete to cut to the heart of the matter.

"It was probably a lot easier back in ancient times to figure out who the stupid people were. They were the ones who did things like taunt the mammoths. And they were pretty easy to identify because their heads had been crushed by mammoths....

Eventually civilization arose, and intelligence became more treasured. Ironically, this created opportunities for morons to thrive. No longer threatened by mammoth crushings, idiots survived and eventually evolved, developing a form of camouflage. Basically, they learned to appear to be smart while in fact being completely useless to society. We know these idiots today as intellectuals."
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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2010, 10:56:15 AM »
I am all for Plan B.

It seems so much more... satisfying.
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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2010, 11:30:06 AM »
A friend of mine avers that society is in the shape it's in "because there aren't enough fool-killers left".  Meaning that survival of the fit/smart no longer obtains.
"My limited experience does not permit me to appreciate the unquestionable wisdom of your decision"

Seems like every day, I'm forced to add to the list of people who can just kiss my hairy ass.

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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2010, 04:51:20 PM »
A friend of mine avers that society is in the shape it's in "because there aren't enough fool-killers left".  Meaning that survival of the fit/smart no longer obtains.

:narrows his eyes and looks about the the APS board:

For now....
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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2010, 04:58:16 PM »
I am all for Plan B.

It seems so much more... satisfying.

I am for Plan B as well.  Can we say Jurassic Park?  ;)
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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2010, 06:02:19 PM »
Everyone who got mad at the "Obama is Keynesian" sign gets a coupon good for a free vasectomy or tubal ligation.
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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2010, 06:10:11 PM »
Mammoths aren't aggressive enough to fix our problems. We need to bring back the Arctodus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctodus)
so that while the clueless are being gobbled up and mauled in record numbers, the rest of us can discuss "what caliber for giant bears?"
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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2010, 06:19:44 PM »
I'd say let Cthulhu decide but he'd eat everyone in one bite.

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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2010, 09:23:02 PM »
The ones with the "D" behind their names are the easiest to spot.  >:D
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Re: How Can We Tell the Stupid People From the Smart Ones?
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2010, 09:59:52 PM »
I too subscribe to this modern world is too soft to kill the idiots theory.
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I'm so contrarian that I didn't respond to the thread.