I wonder if it becomes preventable/curable.
I wonder if, as the biological basis of intelligence becomes better understood, it will start to seem wrong to call people stupid.
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it already is wrong bb
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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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Try: "On Stupidity" by Robert Musil
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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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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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Perhaps then we'll just say they have a small learning rate ? Jokes aside, there will prob be a term for unwillingness vs inability to learn
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Surely the potential to be intelligent carries with it the potential to be stupid? Is it not stupid to fail to use intelligence you have?
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