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?

• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨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

  source
• Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

  source

  • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

    source

    • Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨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

      source

      • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s a stretch and half there…

        Foolishness and stupidity aren’t the same thing, you would be foolish to buy something in tornado alley or a fault zone, but sometimes you also don’t have an option.

        source

        • -> View More Comments