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i think "bad at thinking" is key, different than "intelligent" theres an element of self control involved thats not broadly taught and seems to be endowed or learned rarely but feels key i think ASD-adjacent people often though not always have an advantage here

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

· Sep 27, 2021

imma say it, i think ppl's inability to consider morally charged hypotheticals is a sign that society is bad at thinking.

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many intelligent people are *advanced* bad at thinking

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YES

if you're dumb you can only do mild damage to yourself and others before you run out of juice/steam. random shouting and thrashing about if you're smart you can do advanced damage to yourself and others. invent ideology, send millions of people to hell

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usually the problem is smart people are cowards, and they are looking for their keys under the streetlights of their intelligence, instead of in the bushes of their fear where they dropped them

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