reminder that if most people you encounter can do basic math with ease, you're in a smart-people bubblehttps://twitter.com/s_r_constantin/status/1495755942679482378 …
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I figured this out from high school, both my peers and tutoring younger kids, but a surprising number of sharp thinkers either never realized or pretend not to know that the median person is innumerate
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what's funny is that smart people have way more of a complex about this than dumb people, who IME tend to be pretty clear-eyed that they're out of their depth in abstract domains
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nerds tend to see ourselves as superior due to our intellect, which is true in a very limited sense but 90% cope. prowess and virtue are NOT the same. the after-school volunteer ladies diligently incorrecting the kids' homework are better people than you and I
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly
not to contradict your main point but the after-school volunteer ladies are actually monsters
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Replying to @St_Rev @sonyasupposedly
yeah "diligently incorrecting" ... that's like the quadrant of "dumb, but works hard [ at it ]" this is maybe some sort of inner virtue ... but bad, actually? do we want people who are diligently causing harm?
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this is exactly my point, that inner virtue is not consequentialist!
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly @MorlockP
What I mean is if you're Normal they have a sweetness and light robot mode if you're Abnormal, or they're having a bad day, or something gunks up their programming, they will destroy you
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I agree with everyone in this thread
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