DemonKia -> RE: Overconfident sub and his IQ (7/13/2009 12:47:34 PM)
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FR, after read thru Yeah, there's this over-simplification chain that seems to unfold in some heads, sometimes, that goes something like this: so-&-so is smart, therefore they're superior, therefore they must be good with money, stronger, better, happier, healthier, morally up-&-up, prettier, fitter, 'naturally dominant', blah blah blah. It has many variants cuz any link in that chain can substitute for any other . . .. The flipside is that the lack of any link in that chain can then be used to undermine another observable attribute, my favorite form of this being: hey, you might be smart but how come you don't have tons of money, huh? Must not be so smart . ... . It's an intellectual trap I observe people fall into all the time. Jeesh, cannot see hardly any of the 'men are inherently better than women' comments that don't do this one, usually in some form of: men are physically stronger than women, thus they are superior to women, & thus they are smarter than women . . . . . There's a coupla posters on these forums who trot that one out pretty regularly, & I jus' shake my head & move on . .. . . None of that recognizes, oh, say, the machine age making physical strength kinda irrelevant for most other than athletes or similar . ... . . A chick can push a button just as well as some guy . .. . . . Okay. End of momentary rant on that subject.
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