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WyldHrt -> RE: Misogyny and BDSM (1/4/2010 10:15:31 PM)
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In general, when someone's starts throwing their IQ around in the midst of a debate, I take it as a sign that they're out of anything relevant to say. A valid point is a valid point no matter who makes it. A concept is valid no matter where it comes from. If my IQ is higher than everyone else's who posted here, it does not necessarily follow that my beliefs are more right nor that my thesis is somehow more logically correct. I've known any number of brilliant people who believed all sorts of utter tripe
I so agree with this, and will add that intelligence, book smarts, and common sense are not even close to the same thing. I used to work with a group that helped victims of internet scams (yes, just like the "relocation" and "I've got a bazillion dollars and need your bank account" scams we see here). One of the worst victims I ever had contact with was:
a) an extremely well respected physician
b) a very high ranking official in his country's Public Health service
c) the author of several medical texts, articles, and other published works
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d) deep in the hole with not one... not two... but three separate scammers, who had collectively conned him out of nearly $100,000USD (yeah, one hundred thousand). I spent hours laying out the scams he was involved in, how they worked, and what would happen next. After all that, he became the bane of my existence for several weeks, forwarding every scam mail he received (they had him on a "good mugu" list and were lining up for a chance to get at him) asking if this one was real... how about this one? Or this one? He nearly drove me nuts sending me that crap [8|]
The guy was extremely book smart, probably had an IQ way up there..... and didn't have enough common sense to fill a bottle cap. [>:]
-Edited to correct typo
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