Comment on Assuming a button that, every time you push it, your intelligence goes up. The obvious and sane thing to do is to push the button all day. Yes? No? Maybe? Is there something that I'm missing here?

• schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you’re stupid you’re not going to notice the world burning down around you. Blissful ignorance.

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’d need to hit that sweet spot, especially right now

    It’s easy to take advantage of someone who doesn’t know any better, and part of that manipulation (especially recently) is trying to get people angry and upset.

    I’d rather know enough to not fall for it

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  • Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So dumb people don’t suffer from being stupid? You really must be hitting that button. In my experience stupid people suffer the most, unless they are also rich af.

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    • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Many don’t, if you’re talking like bottom 10% yeah, shoot for bottom 25% instead.

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      • Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So by your logic the dumb people who bought property in a flood zone dont suffer and don’t notice when their homes get destroyed? or you just consider that to be a small fraction of the dumb people? either way I disagree

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• GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.”

  If the button increases capacity but not the actual things you know, then I’d say pushing the button would drive you kind of batty rather than improve any measurable quality of your life. Better to be stupid and happy.

  If it gave me answers to the secrets of the universe and the means to use them then I would absolutely bash the button. Let me accelerate the development of society through affordable space travel, cures for all diseases, and convincing eli5 arguments that bring peace to the world.

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