Well, naturally there are considerably more dumb people in the future. Most people exist, after all, and the population spikes found in the third world haven’t been properly squashed in some time. As a result, the world is teeming with stupid, violent, fearful individuals.
I won’t make reference to the film Idiocracy, barring the temptation to suggest that I am the last remaining intelligent entity in the known world, but suffice to say, the culture of hatred and distrust of the intelligent is healthier than ever. I assume it feeds into the instinctual need to belong to a group, coupled with the lackluster judgment stupidity affords.
If I recall correctly, our IQ weighs in at a measly 114. Like me, you’re not one to assign something as abstract as intelligence to a concrete number, but it is worthwhile to consider the comparative property of intelligence, specifically quantitative reasoning and pattern recognition: textbook intelligence. While neither that score, or any score, or any of our collective achievements intellectually are worthy of praise, I’m confident in stating that intelligence is, and has always been, highly overrated; it is not a trumpet-card for self-importance, but a chance to serve the non-intelligent elite in areas beyond their pay-grade, provided they do the same for you.
Sadly, I am no more a genius than you are now. Worse still, profoundly intelligent people now number in the dozens, many of whom shame the likes of Einstein, Mozart, and da Vinci. The law of probability, I fear. The future is the worst of both worlds: ever-stupid, ever intelligent, and impossible to distinguish oneself between the two.
(P.S. I think it’s time we shed the whole time-stamp idea.)
As one of the chosen 12 with superior IQs, I'm guessing you didn't make the cut. If you had a superior IQ, you'd never want a different system because of the perks that the uber smart dozen get--we don't have to work and we get first choice of the best looking others with whom to mate. That's just the tip of the matrix though; we also -- (kidding)--I just couldn't resist giving your strategy a try; obviously, I wouldn't be good at it!
Hi, Jon. Been a while, hasn’t it? (Hint, hint.)
ReplyDeleteWell, naturally there are considerably more dumb people in the future. Most people exist, after all, and the population spikes found in the third world haven’t been properly squashed in some time. As a result, the world is teeming with stupid, violent, fearful individuals.
I won’t make reference to the film Idiocracy, barring the temptation to suggest that I am the last remaining intelligent entity in the known world, but suffice to say, the culture of hatred and distrust of the intelligent is healthier than ever. I assume it feeds into the instinctual need to belong to a group, coupled with the lackluster judgment stupidity affords.
If I recall correctly, our IQ weighs in at a measly 114. Like me, you’re not one to assign something as abstract as intelligence to a concrete number, but it is worthwhile to consider the comparative property of intelligence, specifically quantitative reasoning and pattern recognition: textbook intelligence. While neither that score, or any score, or any of our collective achievements intellectually are worthy of praise, I’m confident in stating that intelligence is, and has always been, highly overrated; it is not a trumpet-card for self-importance, but a chance to serve the non-intelligent elite in areas beyond their pay-grade, provided they do the same for you.
Sadly, I am no more a genius than you are now. Worse still, profoundly intelligent people now number in the dozens, many of whom shame the likes of Einstein, Mozart, and da Vinci. The law of probability, I fear. The future is the worst of both worlds: ever-stupid, ever intelligent, and impossible to distinguish oneself between the two.
(P.S. I think it’s time we shed the whole time-stamp idea.)
Jon.
As one of the chosen 12 with superior IQs, I'm guessing you didn't make the cut. If you had a superior IQ, you'd never want a different system because of the perks that the uber smart dozen get--we don't have to work and we get first choice of the best looking others with whom to mate. That's just the tip of the matrix though; we also -- (kidding)--I just couldn't resist giving your strategy a try; obviously, I wouldn't be good at it!
ReplyDeletewanna really lose faith in the future? imagine what these clowns are going to be like when they grow up
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