Right now, the most self-consciously virtuous people have no problem calling e.g. Trump dumb or stupid.
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But I can easily imagine our descendants 100 years from now wincing at our shocking unPCness in using such words.
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it already is wrong bb
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"oh look he was born with a low IQ lets make fun of him shall we, its now even his fault lol" is already wrong, its just not yet a norm
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Try: "On Stupidity" by Robert Musil
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well there's stupid, then there's the causality of stupid. Wrong ethically either way, but the wiring is the wiring.
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I can tell you first hand that in the insect community, "invertabrates" is still considered a *huge* insult to some.
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This was just covered on the
@joerogan podcast with Robert Spolsky.https://twitter.com/joerogan/status/867969180569448449 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg did a great podcast that relates to this topic:https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/waking-up-with-sam-harris/id733163012?l=en&mt=2&i=384682184 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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We use such a small portion of our brains we can hardly defer to Biology. I would bet on study of mindfulness, self control expression of IQ
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I wonder if it becomes preventable/curable.
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If intelligence is purely driven by genetic, environmental factors not within one's control. Otherwise, partly to blame for one's stupidity.
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I suspect calling someone stupid will be like calling someone fat. For some it will be mean, for others it might spur a behaviour change.
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Not a good idea. Some kids are born with Downs Syndrome, are bullied and called 'retarded'. This can lead to depression and suicide
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Its not a good idea. How would you like it if your son has downs syndrome, people called him retarded his whole life and he commits suicide
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It seems wrong now. We only know to measure intelligence in certain areas. Stupid could be brilliant in different dimensions.
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If you can't call one person stupid does that not make it hard to call another smart? Or are you saying that since IQ is genetic it's mean?
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And what does that mean for social order?
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