As elite selection is more and more done on the basis of ideological conformity to an insane ideology elite competence and intelligence declines. Thread for tracking examples of this as they come across my timeline.
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Covfefe Anon Retweeted Wesley Yang
First example is very straightforward:https://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1356362155113783305 …
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Covfefe Anon Retweeted Meta-Contrarian
The more ideologically filtered for conformity to the zeitgeist, the less competent at basic mathhttps://twitter.com/polygenicity/status/1358475130507321354 …
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Meta-Contrarian @polygenicity97 British MP's were asked "If you spin a coin twice, what is the probability of getting two heads?" While most Conservative MPs selected the correct answer (25%), 77% of Labour MPs failed to answer the simple probability question correctly https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/use-data-and-statistics … pic.twitter.com/1JUCxUlVLw2 replies 9 retweets 73 likesShow this thread
Covfefe Anon Retweeted Walter Kirn
Why this happens in many fields and the mentality that inevitably results in hostility towards competence:https://twitter.com/walterkirn/status/1358582056645611520 …
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Walter Kirn @walterkirn
Some people think censorship is ideological. Some of it is. At first, especially. But then things progress and some censorship becomes “quality” based. The regime doesn’t want you to know what good writing is so you will not realize how bad, how ugly, their approved stuff is
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