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Posted on 8/29/14 at 7:17 pm to Clames
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wouldn't confuse education level with intelligence either. There are a ton of very stupid people with Ph.D. after their names.
This. I know PhDs who are dumb as rocks, but they are blond with a nice rack and banged their way through.
I know doctors who I wouldn't let near me. One of the smartest people I have ever met is a damn small animal vet.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 7:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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They divide mankind into two parts. Men in general, except one, form the first; the politician himself forms the second, which is by far the most important.
Bastiat's description of socialists is not far from the ideas of Plato's Republic, except there was the third class the guardians.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 7:36 pm to SirWinston
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Extremely intelligent people are also agnostic / atheist by a disproportionate amount.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 7:39 pm to Quidam65
well, of course any religion that would be exposed by intelligent people would include that catch-all 
Posted on 8/29/14 at 7:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
It's simple. They think people are dumb and think smart people like themselves need to make a bunch of rules to make life for these simpletons as easy as possible.
They don't care about freedom and liberty or whatever. They think they know better and can "solve" society to make it better for all of us.
In short, they are self-righteous assholes.
They don't care about freedom and liberty or whatever. They think they know better and can "solve" society to make it better for all of us.
In short, they are self-righteous assholes.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 7:52 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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TUba is a retard who studies his own poop, not a scientist
Agreed
Posted on 8/29/14 at 7:57 pm to Vols&Shaft83
He is a scientist who, IIRC, works at LSU.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:03 pm to SirWinston
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Extremely intelligent people are also agnostic / atheist by a disproportionate amount.
Not caused by intellect. Intelligent people have a higher social status, and any group considered "superior" by society is more likely to be atheist or agnostic. Men are more likely than women to be atheists. Whites are more likely than minorities, the rich are more likely than the poor, and so on.
It's because the "better" people (in the eyes of man) start buying into their own hype and replace God with themselves. It isn't even a modern Western phenomenon. There are plenty of examples of the kings of Israel and Judah getting swelled heads and ignoring God's directives.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:03 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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He is a retard who, IIRC, works at LSU studying his own poop.
I forgot he works at LSU
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:08 pm to CptBengal
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Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:24 pm to Jake88
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They live their career in academia
I'll wager the vast majority of scientists are employed by private companies.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:29 pm to Big Scrub TX
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I'll wager the vast majority of scientists are employed by private companies.
The smart ones are. The failures remain in academia .
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:30 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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The smart ones are. The failures remain in academia .
Maybe. Maybe not. The unsupported premise of the OP was that they are "usually" socialist/leftist.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I don't think its possible to be extremely smart & leftist at the same time.
This post was edited on 8/29/14 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:34 pm to Big Scrub TX
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The unsupported premise of the OP was that they are "usually" socialist/leftist.
I agree. Most doctors/surgeons I know are the exact opposite of leftist/socialists. But then again, most of them are private practice.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:54 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:historically when?
they, historically, have largely favored economic planning on the part of the state (socialism).
No one thinks that is a good idea today.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 8:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Also, in this thread people who got easy degrees try to justify why the people who got hard degrees aren't as smart as them.
Posted on 8/29/14 at 9:01 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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I agree. Most doctors/surgeons I know are the exact opposite of leftist/socialists. But then again, most of them are private practice.
And they see the sheer stupidity of government bureaucrats on a daily basis, when they deal with the latest inane Medicare or Medicaid rule. (Most of which are designed to trip providers on a technicality instead of what they should do, which is rooting out fraud and avoiding payments for unnecessary/inefficient treatments.)
Posted on 8/29/14 at 9:14 pm to Tigah in the ATL
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they, historically, have largely favored economic planning on the part of the state (socialism).
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historically when?
i chuckled at this as well. intellectuals are the first ones sent to the gallows or firing squads when the cultural revolutions of totalitarian regimes roll out.
then again, the passage that the OP quoted was perhaps the most profoundly stupid shite i've ever read. so judge accordingly.
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