What's So Great About Being Stupid?

[KissingSunlight]

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I think you are being disingenuous. However, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I will try to tell the story in a simpler way. I put up a sign that read "No X" (I'm not going to tell you what the sign say, because I don't want to give any of my personal details away. If I wanted to do that, I'll be on Facebook. Which is another sign that people are stupid. That's a different subject for another thread.) After I put that sign up, I had people coming in, pointing at the sign, and asking me: "No X?" I have to tell them, "That's what the sign means." I have asked people why they were asking me such a stupid question. They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

 

[wulf3n]

They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Actually you don't. Signs, like most things are subject to human error. I've gotten into numerous movies, clubs and car parks that were, according to their signs, full. I've also purchased several products that were "sold out" according to their signs.

How did I perform these sign defying feats?... I asked someone to confirm the signs validity.

You never really know. There might be X

 

[zumbledum]

If we only use 10% then what percent does this moron use?

For some reason he is incredibly popular and the ladies love him. He seems like a nice lad and I hope this is an act to get publicity because someone cant be this dense

well its the old classic of confusing knowledge with intelligence. hes just uneducated. the 6 sides to a square shows hes capable of basic counting and logic he just doesnt understand what the word side means.

and as someone who ran a delivery pizza shop for a while believe me there are people that ignorant out there. lots of em! My crew would always feature a few illiterate or innumerate people. during one break time conversation i discovered one of my crew thought that russia was a made up country for films and that nuclear weapons were not real he thought that was sci fi when i told him we had walked on the moon it blew his mind, well actually he just didnt believe me.

its also a shock to find out a good 30%+ of the general public either cant pronounce their address or get it wrong.

 

[Ieyke]

The 10% myth is an embracing of stupidity.
It's pandering to people who are too stupid or ignorant to know better.
The promotion and of ignorance and spreading of complete nonsense is infuriating.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

After reading so many butt-hurt responses to the movie Lucy on this forum regarding the myth of using 10% of your brain, I have to start this thread. Honestly, I find the 10% of the brain myth inspiring. It means to me. If we could apply ourselves, we could be more intelligent. We could come up with solutions to problems that we haven't thought of yet.

However, we seem to be living in a society where stupid is the new normal. Where people act dumb, rude, and obnoxious; then get offended when someone calls them out on their bullshit. Anytime someone points out the decline of intelligent behavior, the response is, "What's so great about being smart?" OK, to those people and also the ones offended by the 10% brain myth: What's so great about being stupid?

If the brain acts as a reducing valve, using more of it would actually make you stupider. Not that I'm saying it does, just something to think about. I don't believe anyone has proven that brain use percentage is commensurate with cleverness, however that is defined.

 

[Zhukov]

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I think you are being disingenuous. However, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I will try to tell the story in a simpler way. I put up a sign that read "No X" (I'm not going to tell you what the sign say, because I don't want to give any of my personal details away. If I wanted to do that, I'll be on Facebook. Which is another sign that people are stupid. That's a different subject for another thread.) After I put that sign up, I had people coming in, pointing at the sign, and asking me: "No X?" I have to tell them, "That's what the sign means." I have asked people why they were asking me such a stupid question. They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Y'know, for someone concerned about the "decline of intelligent behaviour", your posts are borderline incoherent.

 

[lord.jeff]

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I think you are being disingenuous. However, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I will try to tell the story in a simpler way. I put up a sign that read "No X" (I'm not going to tell you what the sign say, because I don't want to give any of my personal details away. If I wanted to do that, I'll be on Facebook. Which is another sign that people are stupid. That's a different subject for another thread.) After I put that sign up, I had people coming in, pointing at the sign, and asking me: "No X?" I have to tell them, "That's what the sign means." I have asked people why they were asking me such a stupid question. They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Only stupid people blindly follow a sign without questioning it. From the details you gave it sounds like you're in a retail store which means most people are asking you that question so they can get more information, namely when are you getting more?

This thread is one of those situations where you were wrong and need to admit it that'd be the smart thing to do.

 

[TAGM]

The whole 10% brain facts has been explained over and over again. The fact that you are so afraid of the thought of using more than 10% of your brain for thinking. It confirms my theory that some people are really pro-stupid.

I can't help but notice the supreme irony of you proclaiming that people are pro-stupid because they dislike something that's been proven incorrect. As in, you think people support stupidity because they're trying to correct people on something they have incorrect.
Or at least that's how it's probably sounding to most of us in this thread. Reading between the lines, it seems to me that the point is more "Why be happy with only 10% of your brain for thinking? Aren't you just kind of saying you're happy being only 10% of your potential?"
To which the response is: Yes and no. No, I don't particularly want to attempt to use 100% of my brain for thinking, because that would mean I'd have to shut down all other processes, including breathing, sight, smell touch taste and so on and so forth. But yes, I do want to reach more then 10% of my potential.
You can't really make the brain bigger as of now, unfortunately, (Perhaps later on, but then you'd have to worry about the skull getting in the way) and most of it is already busy making sure you complete functions necessary to live. You don't really better yourself by using more brain, or making more brain - what you do is stuff the brain you do have with as much correct information as you can fit in there.
In terms of a metaphorical sense, the whole "10% of your brain" thing may be good for inspiration, in a sort of "I can be 10 times better, yeah!" But there's other metaphors and quotes that do the job of inspiring you to roughly the same degree, if not better, and with no incorrect fact attached. Stuff like "Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard" and such.
Granted, most of the quotes could be sort of lumped with the wishy washy stuff your mom may post on facebook, but they do help to put things in perspective all the same, if you let them. Added bonus, some of those don't really say "you can be 10 times better," but more "you can be as better as you want to be!" Which in my book inspires you to climb much higher. So why not just use those?

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

The whole 10% brain facts has been explained over and over again. The fact that you are so afraid of the thought of using more than 10% of your brain for thinking. It confirms my theory that some people are really pro-stupid.

I'm not sure what you're saying here. The 10% thing has been repeatedly shown to be a myth, but you seem to be talking about it like it's a fact and then basically insulting someone because they're a skeptic. It's one thing to have a profound misunderstanding of a subject, it's another to be belligerent enough get into arguments on it.

This thread is one of those situations where you were wrong and need to admit it that'd be the smart thing to do.

What would we know about the smart thing to do? After all, we are pro-stupid.

 

[Nimzabaat]

Well my OCD doesn't want me to let this go, so here I get to be "that person". Humans only using 10% of our brains is a myth that a portion of people believe. Humans using 100% of our brains, only not all at once? That is also a myth that another portion of people believe. It may not be as incorrect as the 10% myth, but it is still false. Any student of neuroscience should have been able to point out that there are parts of the brain that are dormant and we have no idea what they would do if they were activated. Could one of these mystery areas be the key to telekinesis? telepathy? clairvoyance? finding out why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch? (is it because cinnamon is delicious? I think that might be it) There is a possibility there. Now would that be easier to explain to the lowest common denominator than the 10% myth? Well the makers of Lucy didn't think so but it really should have been. Just saying that the McGuffin chemical activated a normally dormant portion of the brain and made movie magic happen would probably have made us all much happier.

I totally agree with everyone else here that stupid generally equals happy. Has anyone been keeping up on those teen geniuses who killed themselves at 14? Being incredibly smart may not be such a great thing after all.

 

[Eddie the head]

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I think you are being disingenuous. However, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I will try to tell the story in a simpler way. I put up a sign that read "No X" (I'm not going to tell you what the sign say, because I don't want to give any of my personal details away. If I wanted to do that, I'll be on Facebook. Which is another sign that people are stupid. That's a different subject for another thread.) After I put that sign up, I had people coming in, pointing at the sign, and asking me: "No X?" I have to tell them, "That's what the sign means." I have asked people why they were asking me such a stupid question. They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Y'know, for someone concerned about the "decline of intelligent behaviour", your posts are borderline incoherent.

I hate to agree, as I can get emotional and spout out incoherent posts, but I'm inclined to agree. I frankly don't know what the hell this guy is talking about.

 

[Johnny Impact]

There is nothing good about stupidity. It has nothing to offer the individual or the species as a whole. End of discussion.

We use much more than 10% of our brains. Practice can improve the speed and reliability of your memory and thoughts, but it can't increase the amount of brain tissue available for cognition. You can't exactly 'train' your medulla oblongata to do calculus, any more than you can train your digestive system to see.

 

[NiPah]

Using 100% of your brain would result in a seizure.
You don't tell people who can't see to use more of their eye, nor do you tell people who can't throw to use more of their arm.
I get that the saying may be inspiring, but it's incorrect, just tell them in the correct way: Think better.

 

[KissingSunlight]

OK, it looks like we are still attacking the messenger about this subject. Let me try again. The 10% of the brain is a myth. I know that. I see something positive about the myth. If you don't, that's fine. I'm sure there is something you find inspirational that other people think it's silly.

What I was responding to is the people who seem to take great offense to that particular myth. When there are thousands of urban legends and myths that get used in movies that people have no problem going along with. My theory is that a lot of people are just anti-intellectual. The idea of people being smart is offensive to them. Another example of what I'm talk about would be this article. https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/381871/smarter-thou

So, this question is for the people who constantly make excuses for stupid people and their behavior. Also, for the people who distrust anybody and anything that is smart.

 

[VyseRogueKing]

They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Actually you don't. Signs, like most things are subject to human error. I've gotten into numerous movies, clubs and car parks that were, according to their signs, full. I've also purchased several products that were "sold out" according to their signs.

How did I perform these sign defying feats?... I asked someone to confirm the signs validity.

You never really know. There might be X

So, you see a sign that reads, "No Parking". You park there because, "Hey! There is room there to park my car. Stupid sign." When businesses put up a sign, there is a reason for that. Seriously, your post doesn't put you in a good light. It makes you look like a jerk who thinks you can do what ever you want and fuck everyone else.

That's not the same thing. He doesn't automatically do what the sign warns against he merely asks somebody, "Hey that sign says you're out of watermelon. Is that true? When do you restock? I could have sworn there was some watermelon in that isle. etc."

He doesn't even sound like a jerk. He's just proving that he has seen signs that are incorrect and thus sought clarification. Why might be why someone asked about your sign at work. When all the info you gave about it was "no" and "yes?" and the person using the age old saying "You never know until you try." we cannot make any informed connections only shots at the dark with what info we have and see if we get a little more.

Now I really want some watermelon...

 

[KissingSunlight]

They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Actually you don't. Signs, like most things are subject to human error. I've gotten into numerous movies, clubs and car parks that were, according to their signs, full. I've also purchased several products that were "sold out" according to their signs.

How did I perform these sign defying feats?... I asked someone to confirm the signs validity.

You never really know. There might be X

So, you see a sign that reads, "No Parking". You park there because, "Hey! There is room there to park my car. Stupid sign." When businesses put up a sign, there is a reason for that. Seriously, your post doesn't put you in a good light. It makes you look like a jerk who thinks you can do what ever you want and fuck everyone else.

That's not the same thing. He doesn't automatically do what the sign warns against he merely asks somebody, "Hey that sign says you're out of watermelon. Is that true? When do you restock? I could have sworn there was some watermelon in that isle. etc."

He doesn't even sound like a jerk. He's just proving that he has seen signs that are incorrect and thus sought clarification.

Now I really want some watermelon...

Asking when you are going to get more watermelon in is different than pointing at the sign and demanding that you give me a watermelon now. Which is what I see a lot with people. Another example of this is when people take off the "Out of Order" sign on the vending machine. They then put money into it and complain that the machine took their money and didn't give them the snack or soda. This is just simply stupid behavior. Why are you trying to defend it?

 

[VyseRogueKing]

They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Actually you don't. Signs, like most things are subject to human error. I've gotten into numerous movies, clubs and car parks that were, according to their signs, full. I've also purchased several products that were "sold out" according to their signs.

How did I perform these sign defying feats?... I asked someone to confirm the signs validity.

You never really know. There might be X

So, you see a sign that reads, "No Parking". You park there because, "Hey! There is room there to park my car. Stupid sign." When businesses put up a sign, there is a reason for that. Seriously, your post doesn't put you in a good light. It makes you look like a jerk who thinks you can do what ever you want and fuck everyone else.

That's not the same thing. He doesn't automatically do what the sign warns against he merely asks somebody, "Hey that sign says you're out of watermelon. Is that true? When do you restock? I could have sworn there was some watermelon in that isle. etc."

He doesn't even sound like a jerk. He's just proving that he has seen signs that are incorrect and thus sought clarification.

Now I really want some watermelon...

Asking when you are going to get more watermelon in is different than pointing at the sign and demanding that you give me a watermelon now. Which is what I see a lot with people. Another example of this is when people take off the "Out of Order" sign on the vending machine. They then put money into it and complain that the machine took their money and didn't give them the snack or soda. This is just simply stupid behavior. Why are you trying to defend it?

I'm not defending people who do that but "curiosity killed the cat" as they say. So they are welcome to try and confirm the truth but they have no right to complain when it turns out to be true.

I'm defending someone who pointed out a small flaw and presented a simple and coherent counter-argument. My point is that he asked questions to discern the truth.

 

[KissingSunlight]

They replied, "Ummmm, you never know that there might be X." Yes! You do know if there is X or not. It's written on a sign.

Actually you don't. Signs, like most things are subject to human error. I've gotten into numerous movies, clubs and car parks that were, according to their signs, full. I've also purchased several products that were "sold out" according to their signs.

How did I perform these sign defying feats?... I asked someone to confirm the signs validity.

You never really know. There might be X

So, you see a sign that reads, "No Parking". You park there because, "Hey! There is room there to park my car. Stupid sign." When businesses put up a sign, there is a reason for that. Seriously, your post doesn't put you in a good light. It makes you look like a jerk who thinks you can do what ever you want and fuck everyone else.

That's not the same thing. He doesn't automatically do what the sign warns against he merely asks somebody, "Hey that sign says you're out of watermelon. Is that true? When do you restock? I could have sworn there was some watermelon in that isle. etc."

He doesn't even sound like a jerk. He's just proving that he has seen signs that are incorrect and thus sought clarification.

Now I really want some watermelon...

Asking when you are going to get more watermelon in is different than pointing at the sign and demanding that you give me a watermelon now. Which is what I see a lot with people. Another example of this is when people take off the "Out of Order" sign on the vending machine. They then put money into it and complain that the machine took their money and didn't give them the snack or soda. This is just simply stupid behavior. Why are you trying to defend it?

I'm not defending people who do that but curiosity killed the cat as they say.

Well, that's the thing I was getting at. A lot of people anymore really are trying to rationalize attitude and behaviors of people who are obviously in the wrong. One person described it as trying to have empathy for the person. Nothing wrong with that. It's just that when people behave in a rude, stupid, or obnoxious matter. We shouldn't try to make excuses for them.

 

[Shodanbot]

What's so great about being stupid?

It's effortless...

 

[BarkBarker]

I rather like being smart, it is in the nature of intelligence to crave more, the more I know the more I have over others, and that puts me at an advantage. Being stupid is horrible, because you WILL get older and look back at the stupid you and hate that person, because that guy/gal is a moron. If I ever have to talk to this one girl who couldn't read an analogue clock like my dad did, I'd likely kill her on the spot out of an unmeasurable lack of tolerance for people who shouldn't be as dumb as they are. We may be getting smarter, but the population growth might be starting to make the gap between the dumbest and the smartest REALLY apparent, dumb people may always be around, but there's just some shit I cannot fathom anybody not knowing unless they have difficulty learning or something like that.