1 RT = 1 Tenet of the Dimwit/midwit/topwit Theorem
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5. "HOW can I not understand this?" the midwit screeches. "YOU! are pretentious! THIS, does not make sense. Impossible! It is GIBBERISH!" The topwit sagaciously explains further, but to no avail. Midwit is crying now. But Dimwit? He follows his heart, and so stands with Topwit.
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6. The midwit cannot comprehend. He can't even see the difference between dimwit and topwit, blinded by his tears. He thinks they are both idiots, and from his encounter is convinced further of his intellectual superiority.
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7. "The topwit may sound smart, but he does not make sense," midwit tells himself, rubbing the tears from his eyes. "And dimwit listens to him, and he is a fool, and therefore, he is being fooled. Yes, being fooled by topwit. A grifter, of course! No one is smart, no one but me."
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8. Midwit's middling intellectualism forces him to suffer great insecurity. Just smart enough to feel superior, not smart enough to be wise. He finds himself trapped in intellectual ditch, immobile defense from both sides by twin assumptions: stupidity, pseudo-intellectualism.
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9. In contrast, the dimwit, who suffers from little intellectual insecurity, innocently relies on his gut intuition, and on the heuristic knowledge of his family and culture. Living uncritically, he suffers none of the pain the midwit self-inflicts through a misguided criticism.
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10. The topwit, too, lives happily. His intelligence is distant enough from the median that he is beyond relying on innate superiority alone to give him his confidence in it, allowing it to be unhampered by petty social concerns and emotional insecurities.
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11. For the topwit, intellectualism is a pasttime, perhaps even an obsession. It's not a mere social image, as the midwit. The topwit cherishes the opportunity to learn from those with more knowledge, rather than scorns it. The topwit recognizes wisdom, too, blind to the midwit.
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12. The topwit recognizes what the dimwit knows, that true knowledge will never be captured by the individual, a complete system will never be designed. That knowledge will at best be fuzzy, found in heuristics and intuition, best in the realm of wisdom.
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13. It is no coincidence that the conclusions of the topwit often align with the assumptions of the dimwit, what the midwit so confidently rejects. The dimwit is a vector of collective knowledge, and it takes topwit intelligence to reconstruct that. I shall now list examples.
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14. Dimwit: tradition good because it’s what I know Midwit: tradition bad because it has no purpose Topwit: tradition good, but its purpose is beyond individual understanding
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15. Dimwit: science irrelevant Midwit: science is right Topwit: science is wrong and irrelevant
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16. Dimwit: faith in religion Midwit: rationalized rejection of religion Topwit: rationalized faith in religion
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17. Dimwit: does not try and sometimes succeeds Midwit: tries and always fails Topwit: does not try and succeeds
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18. Dimwit: rhetoric Midwit: rational debate Topwit: rhetorical debate
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19. Dimwit: family comes first Midwit: all humans one family Topwit: I against my brother, I and my brother against my cousins, I and my cousins against the world
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20. Dimwit: imperial system good bc i was raised on it Midwit: metric system good bc its objective Topwit: imperial system good bc its anthropocentric, let’s raise the dimwits on it
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21. Dimwit: never learned proper manners Midwit: manners are a waste of time and inefficient traditional baggage Topwit: good manners are the lubricant of socialization
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22. Dimwit: I can’t understand because I’m dumb Midwit: I can’t understand because YOURE dumb Topwit: I can’t understand because you’re smart
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23. Dimwit: unintentional eugenics Midwit: unintentional dysgenics Topwit: intentional eugenics
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24. Dimwit: ignorance is happiness Midwit: knowledge is bitterness Topwit: wisdom is happiness
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25. Dimwit: poor risk assessment Midwit: risk averse Topwit: risk tolerant
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26. Dimwit: retard Midwit: retard, larps as smart Topwit: smart, larps as retard
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27. Dimwit: ego matches intellect (tiny:tiny) Midwit: ego does not match intellect (middling:massive) Topwit: ego matches intellect (massive:massive)
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28. Dimwit: uninformed dimwittery Midwit: misinformed dimwittery Topwit: informed dimwittery
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29. Dimwit: no taste Midwit: taste forms public identity Topwit: private taste
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30. Dimwit: instinct Midwit: rationale Topwit: intuition
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