I think they are mistaken, not stupid

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I think they are mistaken, not stupid

Tom Brosz — 1/6/2004 5:19:34 PM (archived)

How many brains you have is completely unrelated to how close your perceptions match reality. Hey, hang out on a college campus for a while, and this becomes obvious. When I was working at Stanford, I saw guys so educated they had to carry their brains around in a wheelbarrow that I wouldn't trust to feed my goldfish, much less run a society.

I dare say you will find a hell of a lot more people with a string of initials behind their name who believe that socialism is the answer to the world's ills than you would blue-collar workers.

Of course, there isn't that tight a connection nowadays between education and smarts, so that observation doesn't really speak to real intelligence, just how intelligent someone thinks they are.

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Democrats losing? It's because the voters are stupid, of course. - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2004 6:41:02 PM
- The Republicans should NOT consider the 2004 elections "in the bag" just yet. As Yogi Berra said, "It ain't over 'til it's over." (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/7/2004 12:41:14 AM
  - Very good advice. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 6:40:51 AM
- so you therefore think the Democrats are stupid themselves - Greg - 1/6/2004 5:52:49 AM
  - As Will Rogers said, "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." - Larry J - 1/6/2004 6:42:29 PM
    - willful ignorance sounds a lot like stupid to me - Greg - 1/7/2004 2:46:24 AM
      - The willfully ignorant are stupid, IMO - Larry J - 1/7/2004 2:48:31 PM
        
        so there the debate ends - Greg - 1/8/2004 3:16:58 AM
        
        Historical evidence verses theories - Larry J - 1/8/2004 2:41:11 PM
        
        so where are the emperor's clothes - Greg - 1/9/2004 2:30:47 AM
      - re: willful ignorance - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 6:26:57 AM
        
        economics is brain surgery - Greg - 1/7/2004 8:36:49 AM
        
        No. It isn't. - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 5:37:04 PM
        
        so there's no such thing as compex economics - Greg - 1/8/2004 3:22:11 AM
        
        In your dreams - Larry J - 1/7/2004 2:38:22 PM
        
        Not worth the effort, Larry. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2004 7:01:58 AM
        
        No, I won't believe your economic theories until I see peer reviewed papers on it. (n/t) - Greg - 1/8/2004 7:21:21 AM
        
        no longer joined at the hip - Greg - 1/8/2004 3:30:03 AM
        
        If the "economic experts" are running the economies around the world, - Larry J - 1/8/2004 6:27:23 PM
        
        so in other words you don't know anything - Greg - 1/9/2004 2:33:14 AM
        
        Show me the evidence - Larry J - 1/9/2004 2:28:35 PM
        
        Forget it Larry. Might as well try to convince Zeno that Achilles is faster than a tortoise. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 5:32:12 AM
        
        Yeah, you're right. He's the living embodiment of the Orwell quote` - Larry J - 1/9/2004 2:22:51 PM
        
        so show me some references - Greg - 1/9/2004 5:57:39 PM
        
        Imagine, giving tax cuts to the people who pay the most in taxes! - Larry J - 1/9/2004 6:46:54 PM
        
        Yes In A Time Of Suffering We Should Always Help Those That Need It The Least First - Mark Eby - 1/10/2004 6:16:16 PM
        
        re: Those That Need It The Least - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 11:32:28 PM
        
        When Will You Learn The Supposed Goal Of Capitalism? - Mark Eby - 1/11/2004 10:26:31 PM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 1:53:33 AM
        
        re: Goal Of Capitalism? - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2004 1:48:44 AM
  - I think they are mistaken, not stupid - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2004 5:19:34 PM
    - if you wouldn't trust them to feed your goldfish you think they are stupid - Greg - 1/7/2004 3:02:37 AM
      - re: tax cuts working - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 6:34:31 AM
        
        re: tax cuts working - Greg - 1/7/2004 8:34:11 AM
        
        Cripes. Have it your way. - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 5:44:09 PM
        
        try posting some real evidence or try finding out what evidence is - Greg - 1/8/2004 9:59:12 AM
        
        Sorry, Greg. Now you're just nuts. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2004 7:00:20 PM
        
        so let's toss out all the red herrings and ask again - Greg - 1/9/2004 2:37:20 AM
- Live near Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ - we get this attitude all the time (n/t) - p - 1/5/2004 9:09:41 PM
- That's only one step removed from the mindset... - Larry J - 1/5/2004 8:02:40 PM
- Tim Blair comments - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2004 7:55:57 PM
  - One of the best was... - Larry J - 1/6/2004 2:39:44 AM
- Five words: "Un be leave a bull"...it's always a thrill to see such staggering arrogance in action (n/t) - McFly - 1/5/2004 7:53:55 PM
  - Most liberals are a lot more subtle about their elitism than this guy (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2004 7:58:43 PM
- You prefer it coming from Republicans? - BG - 1/5/2004 7:41:25 PM

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