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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2017

      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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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2017
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      Right now, the most self-consciously virtuous people have no problem calling e.g. Trump dumb or stupid.

      9 replies 7 retweets 79 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2017

      But I can easily imagine our descendants 100 years from now wincing at our shocking unPCness in using such words.

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        1. Max Chernyak‏ @hakunin 29 May 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          PCness is not about moving on a scale "more sensitive/less sensitive", it's about refinement of understanding of other humans.

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        2.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 28 May 2017
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          I hope 100 years from now, PC will be an embarrassing footnote in history, like witch hunts and national socialism.

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        1. Tony Peric‏ @TonyPeric 28 May 2017
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          Tony Peric Retweeted Neil deGrasse Tyson

          https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/868497205308657665 …

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          Neil deGrasse TysonVerified account @neiltyson
          To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of shit.
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        2. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 29 May 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          It could go the other way -- understanding the biological basis of intellect might put it into the same category as other genetic traits.

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        3. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 29 May 2017
          Replying to @cperciva @paulg

          This may be especially true as AI improves; stupid people might buy AIs the same way as some people now colour their hair.

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        2. Marc Palmer‏ @marcpalmerdev 29 May 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          Agreed - it is just how we dismiss people shorthand. Reality is there are no intrinsic metrics / far too many “intelligence axes” to judge

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        3. Marc Palmer‏ @marcpalmerdev 29 May 2017
          Replying to @marcpalmerdev @paulg

          All of us “score” differently on all the axes of mental ability and it changes day to day; fatigue, illness, age etc. - lazy generalisations

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        1. Yargl Blargl‏ @JuergenLabermas 28 May 2017
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          There's no hypocrisy in thinking he's dumb, thus shouldnt lead the free world, but should still be afforded human dignity: food, shelter etc

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        1. Kapil‏ @kapilkantkaul 29 May 2017
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          They will be more horrified at misplaced sense of PC more than anything

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        1. يوزر مُش معروف‏ @myzone771 19 Jun 2017
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          PCNess on my penis

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        1. Kurt Schmidt‏ @KSchmidt222 29 May 2017
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          I find it less a probl of pc but a structural one: they're there, so should you, and how do you keep them from hurting themselves / others.

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        1. Jacob Solomon‏ @lippytak 29 May 2017
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          Dumb, then jerk, then evil, then murderer will all fall away. They'll seem as senseless as accusing someone of being a "short epileptic!"

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        1. Jacob Solomon‏ @lippytak 29 May 2017
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          Yes, & just the start! The more we know abt human behavior the less we ascribe to free will. Pride, shame, and name calling all dissolve.

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        1. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 29 May 2017
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          The same type of people also go after Trump and Bannon's looks / hair etc . Some people just can't resist the ad-hom attacks

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        1. Dmitry Shevelenko‏ @dmitry140 29 May 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          in the future, will we only allow job applications/interviews to take place in VR, mitigates unconscious bias based on physical appearances

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        1. Greg Mulholland‏ @gregmulholland 29 May 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          Or it might go the other way. When I understand something, I can say it is broken. "Mind is broken" becomes the same as an object being so.

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        1. Mike McElroy‏ @MikeMac_CS 29 May 2017
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          So cute that you think humans will be around in 100 years.

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        1. Ben Vollmer‏ @ben_vollmer 29 May 2017
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          "Stupid" sounds better than " genetically unfit to be president", no?

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        1. Ari Isaacs‏ @ariisaacs 29 May 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          Calling discrimination against stupid people "meritocracy", is starting to feel like the at the time legitimate "racisim" of our forfathers

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