What if kindness is being slowly bred out of the human gene pool and we’re turning into a Cardassian+Vogon type species? 🤔
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Come on. You’re way too intelligent to think this. I need people to look up to. Don’t soil it.
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It’s not a pleasant thought but is it a dumb thought? I can make a pretty intelligent case for it.
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I’d hesitate to call anything you say “dumb”. I’m not the type. I just think the modes and availability of observation might skew the thought. The current context is horrific, but the human base is still net good.
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Was it the word skew? If we’re mincing words you’ll win. You’re smarter than me.
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“You’re too smart to think X” = “X is a dumb thing to think”
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Ok that’s fair. I didn’t mean to insult you. It was a conflict of admiration after all.
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I didn’t take it as an insult 🙂
When people use that line, it’s usually a case of mistaking values divergence for stupidity. If someone you think of as smart offers what appears to be a dumb conclusion, chances are they’re reasoning from alt values, not sudden-onset stupidity
Reasoning from (subjective) values.. there's the issue.
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In tweetish conclusion—and without any coloring—I don’t agree with the postulation. Every tweet preceding this was a selfish ploy. I need to maintain optimism, I suppose.
I'd love a tweet storm of lines commonly used as retorts and what they actually mean. Would be very informative.
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