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?

angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A lot of it is very clearly an ego thing, they’re all saying ‘I’m smarter than most people who need to push the button and anyone smarter than me is also worse off…’ it’s the same thing people do with the age they were born ‘older generations don’t understand, newer generations have been ruined’

  I think it’s partly because no one wants to admit if they were smarter then they’d make better choices because then there might be someone smarter who suggests that change their mind on something and that’s never going to happen.

  Like all the comments ‘i know things are bad, if don’t want to understand how bad they are’ it’s inconceivable that they could understand their misthinking on a subject and change their opinion, they see it as any extra intelligence will just make them more sure they’re right.

  Personally I’d hammer that button for a few days then spend some time trying to work out solutions to my problems and the world’s problems - if I can’t do it I’ll go back to the button until I’m able to

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  • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I like both your explanation of the prevailing answers here and your proposed use of the button - it all makes sense!

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• Rolando@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’re just trying to trick you into not pushing the button, so that when they press the button they’ll outwit you.

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• dope@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe they’re just all being contrary and ironic. Because you know they’d hit that button faster than you can blink. You can bet your liver on it.

  Yes, being contrary, ironic (and, in a word, bitchy) really is that popular.

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