Know This Before You Become A Part Of Them - Theory Of Stupidity
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2023
- Discover the path to wisdom and clarity, leaving stupidity behind. In this enlightening video, we delve into the depths of human cognition to understand the pitfalls of ignorance. Don't be trapped in the cycle of foolishness and flawed thinking. Explore practical insights and strategies to expand your awareness, challenge biases, and make wiser choices. Embrace the power of critical thinking, and let wisdom guide your path. Join us on this transformative journey to unlock your full potential and avoid the perils of stupidity.
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#science #stupidity #theory
It doesn't help that social media continuously provides a steady diet of junk and ignorance.
Without social media that “steady diet of junk and ignorance” was only one sided and considered “truth”… that in itself is terrifying.
Now anyone who questions anything is labeled a “conspiracy theorist” and is cast out by the masses.
The collapse of our faith, economy, education and justice systems in each of our respective countries in my opinion just proves that such “conspiracy theorists” are actually closer to the truth than anyone realizes.
Remember “conspiracy theories” are only “conspiracies” until they are proven to be true … this then becomes the point to which nobody wants to look into the hole or talk about it anymore.
Government schools are even worse.
It’s your responsibility to be vigilant and intelligent enough to learn the truth and act on it
@@lv4077 Easy to say with hindsight. Some don’t get proper guidance and are able to access said junk and ignorance in their formative years. Your point is valid for everyone else though.
@@user-bt3bo7hl6f Well you know what they say about good judgment ,it comes from experience and most of that comes from bad judgement.
'Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience' .....Mark Twain
Here's Mark Twain's quote: "Never Argue With Stupid People. They Will Drag You Down To Their Level and Then Beat You With Experience. There is a big difference between "stupid" and "idiot". Mark is referring to "stupid people".
I’d say that you must converse with a “stupid” person (i wouldn’t use the word argument too)
It’s important especially these days where it seems the divide is all over the place
Never argue with a SkyCunt god BelieverFCK. ……Mark Twain.
ok, will never argue with you :)
It's Ok if you're not smart enough to understand the truth, just don't be stupid enough to believe the lies.
- Yogi Berra
I like it and just used that quote in a later comment.
Smart and stupid are too polarizing to be useful. What is smart, what is stupid, what is the truth? People will hardly agree on these except from their own perspective. Thinking critically and being able to entertain alternative viewpoints is a start in the right direction.
@@curtissharris8914
"Thinking critically and being able to entertain alternative viewpoints"
That's what smart people do. Stupid people don't question the narrative. Smart isn't about what you know and stupid isn't about what you don't know. It's about thinking critically and being able to entertain alternative viewpoints. It's a behavioural trait. If you think over an issue in a critical manner and you still don't understand it....say so. Don't just fall for it because some alleged smart person said so. That would make you susceptible to lies and THAT would be stupid.
@@JackHaveman52 I feel like you made my point.
@@curtissharris8914
" I feel like you made my point." Of course you do. I was just elaborating on the point that you made. Adding detail, so to speak, except I don't find the use of those words polarising. Smart people use critical thinking. Stupid people don't. Smart people are filled with facts. They understand how to gather facts and use them and are flexible in how they think. If I use another word besides stupid, I'm still saying the same thing. I'm just trading in one negative word for another one.
Q) What's the difference between stupidity and intelligence?
A) Intelligence has limits.
Cognitive acuity mixed well with common sense.....
@@timnray99 Define "common sense," please.
@@ANDROLOMA I assume good judgment.
There’s an old aphorism from Mark Twain,”To have good judgment you have to have experience,and most of that comes from bad judgment”It’s paraphrased but you get the gist.
Intelligence is mental capacity. Smarts and stupidity refer to what we do with that capacity. Smart people are uncertain and have questions. Stupid people begin and end with prearranged conclusions. Even when proven wrong, stupid people can still move the goalposts to convince themselves they were right all along.
A1) And knows them.
Imagine what Bonhoeffer would think about the current state of stupidity, created by social media!!
Social media does not create anything. People create stupidity using all facets of media to fear monger and lie.
Created by Jews.
I would imagine he would say very much the same thing. If only Trump supporter would open their minds as much as they open their mouths.
In this day and age, with unfettered access to myriad diverse opinions and information, there is no reason whatsoever for someone to be stupid. However, many people are lazy and prefer others to think for them and tell them what to believe. I would contend the opposite for social media - it has given you access to information that people just a few decades did not have, as it was all controlled by networks and outlets.
@@bgrigg07 I think you must mean biden and the loony left, they are the ones poisoning peoples minds by promoting their climate change/ woke/ trans nonsense and intolerance of any other viewpoint.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle)
And that may explain why Critical Thinking and Logic is no longer taught in schools
Marcus Aruleus.
The Germans were using Amphetamine pills to up production of manufacturing and experimenting with it on their Army solders. This over use of drugs, be them illegal or legal over the counter, will kill empathy and the ability to think straight.
@@te340 so called ‘modern education’ is nothing more than Marxist socialization indoctrination. These students emerge from university fully believing they are superior highly educated when, in fact, they are brainwashed useful idiots for leftists/marxists to easily and instantly control and manipulate on demand.
@@te340 Doesn't fit the WEF narrative.
He calls it stupidity, I call it willful ignorance. It's complete acceptance of what's told to you without questioning or seeking your own knowledge.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I understand your perspective on willful ignorance. It's interesting to note that human behavior and decision-making are often shaped by a variety of factors, some of which we may not even be aware of.
I'd suggest you to watch my videos on experiments like the Milgram Shock Experiment (ruclips.net/video/6_YRBmQMznQ/видео.html) and the Bobo Doll Experiment (ruclips.net/video/i16_VD5NHns/видео.html) that shed light on how people can behave in unexpected ways due to social influence and learned behaviors. These experiments highlight the complexity of our minds and the intricate interplay between individual choices and external factors.
@robertbrotherton2541
But what do you mean by "seeking your own knowledge "?
Finding someone to back up your own bias?
Because THAT is what most people do.
And they throw out anything that doesn't agree with their unsubstantiated ideas.
And I'm talking about things like
ANTI-VAXX and
ANTI-MEDICINE
And
ANTI-SCIENCE.
All of which are extremely STUPID!
You don’t know, what you don’t know.
The Leftists are guilty of willful ignorance, much less so than the Nazis.
By definition your use of the word willful contradicts the claim you are attempting to make, making you appear stupid and ignorant.
"Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
The murder of 70 million babies before they had a chance to be born proves your comment.
Dope
Voltaire,probably at least it sounds like him anyway
@@lv4077 Indeed, it is.
@@wdtaut5650 well it was actually between Voltaire and Yogi Berra, but I went with Voltaire
Idiocracy has arrived .history goes in circles and here we are again.
I always say that it was supposed to be a comedy not a documentary 😂
Great video. You've just described the collective West in early 2024.
Not just the West
Probably the collective everywhere...
@@thebaryonacousticoscillati5679 Agreed. Technology is coming to the entire world, shaking it to its foundations.
Bon Hoffer was an outspoken Lutheran pastor. During World War II, he was held captive by the Nazis, and imprisoned for most of the war. He took the time to try to understand how such an advanced culture as was present in Germany before the Nazi takeover, with famous scientists philosophers, and enlightened scholars and thinkers could have gone so far off the rails so easily and quickly. He couldn’t understand why the German people became mesmerized with a message that seemed so counterintuitive to everything the German people represented.
He finally decided there was no explanation except and unwillingness to face the truth. Unfortunately, he was killed by the Nazis in 1945 before the West had a chance to rescue him.
Sadly, our society is suffering from that same mindless uncurious, unquestioning stupidity just as the German people were in the 1930s and 40s.
Fear is behind all evil.
All this sounds great, however, it labels our society as stupid but it does not explain why, just labels it. I would like to understand the "why" b4 accepting the label.... Am I being "stupid"?;Don't think so, Am I right or am I right?
Any society that mindlessly follows government orthodoxy is obviously stupid.
@@el1tubito
I don't need to understand all the workings of my car in order to know how to start it. Put the key into the ignition, turn it and away it goes. It might be of benefit to know but it's not an imperative. Am I right or am I right?
I like the Yogi Berra quote that YYY-GUY just gave. "It's Ok if you're not smart enough to understand the truth, just don't be stupid enough to believe the lies."
We're just not capable of knowing everything. We have to understand that and adjust so we will know when something is BS or not.
@@el1tubito#whygroupthink
We are all born ignorant. But it takes a lot of effort to get through life being stupid. (Mark Twain, approximately).
Coming from a freemason dog. Okay sure.
Had the title of the video been "ARE YOU A GENIUS" it would've had millions of views by now.
Not too many people feel like checking if they're stupid I guess.
Which is kind of the point. The unwillingness to even consider being wrong or stupid, tends to make one stupid.
is it better to be stupid and know it or to think your a genius and not be one? is wisdom more constructive than intelligence? wisdom doesn't come from knowing your being lied to but knowing WHEN your being lied to. there's people who just believe everything they're told and those who believe everything their told is a lie. people seem to no longer be interested in differentiating between subtleties of fact and fiction or reality and fantasy. and the problem is THEY DON'T CARE! apathy, not intolerance, violence, hate or corruption, but apathy remains the biggest threat to humanity.
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People are predictable:
People they like get all the nice things
People they hate get the bad things
If they don't get checked they feel entitled to abuse others
When pressed then people will think
Those who refuse to listen to reason only understand pain.
Absolute arrogance leads to war, one side keeps pressing
In WW2 people weren't willing to talk until a lot of pain was dished out.
😂😅😊 ❤ awesome observation....
It's exactly why I prefer to be around animals instead of humans.
Me, too. :)
Same here!
Don’t give up on Humanity!
This is a big one. I have had this thought myself.
So, you prefer running after a dog and pick up their sahit. Good for you
It could also be called lazy thinking. A lot of people are too lazy to form their own opinions, possibly because that would mean spending time informing them selves first. It's easier for them to just acquire the opinions of others.
No, they are stupid and they are dangerous.
It is easier being a sheeple
100%
I remember when I graduated high school in 1970. Many of my classmates actually stated, "I am through with learning, I am not going to study anything else for the rest of my life." Several of them are in the grave now from dumb mistakes such as trying to use an acetylene torch to cut open a propane tank to make a "free Barbeque grill". The rest are mostly chronically poor. Far too many wound up on drugs due to the changes in our society that led to no jobs for the unskilled.
@@WayneBain Oh, I remember suffering severe learning exhaustion after graduation and swore I'm never gonna sit down and learn anything again. It lasted maybe six weeks after my dad told me that only brain dead people give up learning new things.
I like your story about the guy taking an acetylene torch to a propane tank.
“People are like bananas, they generally go bad in a bunch.” - Somebody
My mother told me long ago that to find the IQ of a group, one takes the highest IQ in the group and divide it by the number of people in the group.
That's not good, but it explains a lot.
yo mama was pretty dumb
That's a scary formula lmao 😂
Was your Mom that insightful about other things as well ?!?
Close…You forgot to times that answer, by pi.
Emotions subbing for intellect. Emotion is what makes One care about a cause or subject. But intellect is what allows One to be effective.
Mark Twain, "It is easier to fool a man than to convince him that he has been fooled."
The society rewards us for being stupid. The stupid survive and get a couple of goodies while free- and critical thinkers can be isolated, imprisoned, or worse. I'm a critical thinker but i definitely see the value of being "stupid" in this world.
Yup, very true, wish I could like your comment a thousand times!
I find that people constantly assume I must be as stupid as they are, and they then get angry when they see that this is not the case - and that's when the abuse starts! I have come to the conclusion that it's best to pretend to be stupid - but this is far more difficult than one thinks, lol!
For example, people expect me to be unable to cope with everyday life (a comment I heard just yesterday: "you cannot be trusted with electrical equipment" - this from someone that has never met me). How can I then pretend to be what they expect me to be, to keep them happy and thus prevent them from getting aggressive and abusive, when I am too well spoken to be of that low intelligence level, dressed too well and have to mention (in context) that I work for a living?
I have been arrested for asking critical questions, my career has been destroyed for the same reason and my reputation has been so ruined that nobody in my town even speaks to me. So yes, it's definitely safer to pretend to be stupid.
The gov. wants cattle, not decent humans who can think for themselves.
I've been let go from jobs for speaking up about accepted company practices of ignoring or violating lawful policies to have a safe work environment, both physically and mentally. People were afraid to go against harmful practices because they might be fired and get a bad reputation so would find it hard to be employed again. They eventually burned out or got unlawfully fired too. Yet I see this time and time again. When will people wise up and stand up against bullyism like this? They never win by allowing themselves to be ab*sed.
I'd rather be a whole ass than a half ass anyday !
Idiocracy!
It can be very dangerous to go against the crowd. Many people are followers out of fear of the consequences if they don't.
Then they are part of the problem.
Its their tunnel vision and non independent mind.
Cult!
Most people are just sheep and they've been so since childhood because they wanted to fit in, so they followed what everyone else did.
Fear and hope are just 2 of the ways you can control people and very effectively
I think some people did unspeakable acts to survive themselves...
Remember though that some Hitler associates tried to assassinate him, but Hitler survived executing them afterwards...
For others to live is necessary for some to die?
“Herd mentality”
Holy smokes, 5 minutes of dude dropping TRUTH and knowledge! Vids like this should come with a disclaimer "Watching this or listening to this may cause you to re-examine your belief system"🤣
Not really. Most people don't think they are part of the stupid.
Blindly following any ideologies that harms fellow human makes one stupid.
That is how SkyCunt god spreads the word. Are you a BelieverFCK?
‘If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn’t thinking.’
- General George S. Patton
My 8 decades of life show I'm at my most stupid when I go on emotion rather than rational thought. And you can tell a stupid person. They tell you they are never wrong, ever
I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken...
Everybody in the US should view this video, goodness knows it is needed and has been needed for a long time.
I fear it is far too late for that
They wouldn't recognize themselves in this video through the filter of narcissism.
The first rule of finding stupidity: Look in the mirror and have the courage to always and honestly reconsider everything you see.
100%
Tragically, the conditions Bonhoeffer described in 1943 are still with us today. “Follow the leader” mentality has resulted in destruction of individuality on a larger scale than ever before.
Evil and malice are forms of, or spring from stupidity.
Yes that's true! I find that evil/malice and stupidity to the point of insanity inevitably go together.
Stupidity is the manure that Evil and Malice thrive in.
This explains what's going on in the American political system today.
It's not stupidly so much cowardice. Doing the right thing and self reflection are difficult tasks and often lead to uncomfortable realizations. It takes balls to go through with it.
When I was a kid I made up a rule that helped me survive. It went something like this, “I don’t take advice from other children, teenagers, or anyone who just got out of jail.”
This means you would not have listened to Jesus, or his apostles Paul, Peter, or James.
@@garywhitt98it's difficult to listen to imaginary people
@@zodarian6705 Really? You seem to have mastered it. You seem to imagine there are learned people who deny their existence today.
@@garywhitt98 Did you miss the part that showed that religion is one of the groups boosting the stupidity.
One problem with curing the problem of stupidity is that, as invalid ideologies become more sophisticated, their adherents, especially the ones who truly understand said ideologies are hokum, will create pseudorationales that mimic reason. This provides these invalid ideologies with some inoculation to criticism for a while. The hope of those proffering the snake oil is that, by the time the public realizes the fraud, they will have seized enough power where the ideology can now be enforced through sheer force. Does it matter to these villains that what they are selling is ultimately destructive? No, as most of them figure they will be long dead once posterity decides to hold them accountable for their atrocities.
There's a difference in logic and reasoning. Logic has a formal structure and rules that need to be learned and skill in applying them need to be developed. "Pseudorationales" are what every day reasonings are made out of.
Embracing critical thinking and being willing to be wrong, no matter how invested you may be, is the only way to avoid it. However, I see a society caught in a nasty cycle of preconceived notions kept strong by confirmation bias and echo chambers. It's gotten to the point where you just pick a side and let them tell you what to think.
Absolutely correct.
Best comment I’ve read all month. Cheers!
Plus curiosity and humility have been shown to increase learning.
It’s more than stupidity. It’s lies, hate, and fear as well as wanting to be part of the social group you identify with. It’s also laziness because it’s too much work to think for yourself.
The two most common things in the entire universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity.
We have a Dept of Education dedicated to promoting stupidity and groupthink.
Willful ignorance is not the same as stupidity, but it does cause intellectual blind spots. I've met several religious extremists who believed in nonsense but were otherwise quite intelligent, but any time logic or reason contradicted their faith they rejected it. Many , if not most, folks believe what they want to believe the facts be damned. I admit that I myself have fallen victim to this type of thinking in the past, and may even still be doing it now, despite trying very hard not to do so. I also admit to sometimes caving in to social pressure and pretending to believe just to get along. This is also why I see the mixing of faith and politics as a huge red flag.
Talking about my dad.
I was an abandoned child out cast by everyone. It was tough to get used to but it happened fast. This allowed me to be on the outside looking in . I feel like I’m stupid but I stay away from everybody because they all want me to be like them. Except my dog.
Sounds like me! But not afraid to hold different opinions. Think for oneself and love dogs. ❤
Yup, same here. Abandoned and neglected as a child, so had to grow up fast. It taught me to think for myself.
I love cats but dogs are lovely too!
Your dog wants you to be like him. You should try to be more like him. Some of the best persons are not people.
Your dog wants you to be like him. You should try to be more like him. Some of the best persons are not people.
Your dog wants you to be like him. You should try to be more like him. Some of the best persons are not people.
Those of us with certain views will take both the premise and conclusion of this clip and use it to strengthen our position. Assuring ourselves that we have first taken due diligence against being duped.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Hanlon's razor
“Heinlein’s Razor” : “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don’t rule out malice.” Both probably have their origins in Goethe’s "The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774)": “Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.” - which is much less punchy.
I'd argue that malice is stupidity. Both cause unethical outcomes, which is what defines stupidity in the first place (negative utility). From a more enlightened perspective, what some would describe as "malice" is in truth its opposite, when unethical individuals are opposed, even violently if needed. Thus being unethical is merely a subset of being wrong, whether violent or not, while violence used in the right context is ethical. "Malice" is far too commonly used to mean violence, which from a childish perspective is "evil" or something similar.
"Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice/evil." Hanlon's (Heinlein's) axe
This explains western society today.
Fabulous and true.
people are passing through this in many countries currently.
You can be very intelligent and good at what you do and you can still be stupid.
I’ve noticed that each political party considers the other stupid.
I’m an independent. Yes I do question myself and my source of information.
I don’t willfully choose to forget what I don’t want to remember because it’s an inconvenient truth.
I research information and I even research the sources I get the information from.
But even then, there is no guarantee of avoiding misinformation or being misled.
What side do you lean to being a independent
The only way to try to get some idea of what's true is to get as close to the raw data as possible and do your own analysis. Any consensus report will be massaged to fit some narrative.
Children are not born stupid or racist. They become that over time.
Smart people don't see things through rose-colored glasses.
Very true! I'm sick of people saying "just think positively". I'm a realist, not someone who lives in cloud cookooland with rainbows and unicorns. I prefer to prepare for the worst possible outcome because to fail to prepare is to prepare to fail. Toxic positivity (ie the theory of "attracting things" one doesn't want) has given rise to a lot of victim blaming.
Ignorance means lack of understanding on a particular matter or subject while stupidity means not caring or apathy,despite proper understanding and continuing as if nothing matters!😒😵💫
I totally forgot about Bonhoeffer - this was a great trip down theology lane. One problematic thing with trying to get stupid people to exert more critical thinking is that without the right steer, they can just as easily end up down conspiracy theory rabbit holes.
Imagine being so stupid you don't even understand the definitions of the words you're using...
Conspiracy
noun
An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
A group of conspirators.
An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
Theory
noun
A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice.
"a fine musician who had never studied theory."
A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
I don't buy that. I admit that it's based on my own experience, but I have never met a believer in conspiracy theories that was lured in by people telling them to be more critical. The whole idea about being skeptical is just an empty slogan they like to parrot. My experience is that people who fall for conspiracy theories, do that for emotional reasons. They feel special. They feel like they have finally seen the truth. They get blinded by that feeling of revelation and spend all their effort ignoring or rejecting everything that does not confirm their "truth". This is ironically what theologians have been doing for ages...
Unfortunately, conspiracy theories have been right more than 50% of the time. We live in strange times.
Descartes had the best explanation for stupidity: it’s when the will to act is greater than understanding.
Whoever controls the global mainstream media and the printed press also possesses unlimited powers of influence.
Both Reuters and the Associated Press are owned by one family.
AP is a cooperative association, Reuters is owned by the Thompson family. I'm not sure which family you mean.
It's wild that :
-Any Democrat watching this feels like they are describing Republicans.
-And any Republican watching feels like they are describing Democrats.
don 't forget the real problem - the magatards.
Men can become pregnant and some women have penises.
To a certain degree, they are both riding on that boat 🤔
That's a bizarre association.
“I love the poorly educated. They’re the most loyal of all.” Donald Trump
Thank you, A great video!
It takes courage to lead and fear to follow.
i'd a related moral defect is the willingness to remain willfully ignorant, esp when the underlying reason is specifically (even if subconsciously) to avoid having to face the truth in light of a conflicting world view. This willful ignorance is not just stupid but also dishonest.
Wow. I can see why he was in prison. They made a mistake by not holding him incommunicado.
ideologies ,its an attack on the memory ,you remember stupid things .They stay with you .
The coolest thing I've ever heard of! It's like I have been observing his experiment my whole life! EVERYONE is so stooopid!
This is a great video! Can't wait to learn more about his study!
We're all morons but everybody thinks that they're smart. Collectively....we're still morons.
“It was as if the powerful relied on the ignorance of the masses to maintain control”
I wonder where the line is between a society with beliefs and social norms that hold everyone together and are a force for good and a society that collapses because people no longer hold a common set of values.
we see painful examples of this in our society. We now know the consequences of a riot when the followers are in danger of losing their leader
Prediction: we're going to see some serious riots by the Left after the November election.
What were the consequences?
@@timothysiler5722Well, one consequence was massive Liberal butthurt. Which honestly wasn't that terrible...
When will we ban the Constitution and the Bill of Rights from our ?
I am glad I saw this video. It makes me feel better about my opinions and attitudes toward the human race. I am glad I am not the only one that feels this way. What scares me is, stupidity will, WILL be the cause of the eventual demise of the human race. You can fix ignorance but there is no cure for stupidity.
This is being recorded on American media today. Just amazing!
Wow this is one of the very needed videos these days..
"Nowadays".
Advice: You can't fix stupid
Best video I have watched on RUclips. It is a salutary warning to us all.
Ego is the root. Ego drives you astray, and ego keeps you committed to madness when you already know what it is. The image of intelligence becomes more important than its practice.
From the Christmas Carol:
''This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."
I think of the Allegory of the Cave by Plato. You decide to use your critical thinking skills to be in truth, in your words and actions. Which is very hard and takes some work. Then the truth becomes kinda additive as you learn and need to share. And when you do the people want to hurt you. And every great person Jesus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, JFK, Lincoln, and the Pilgrims and been persuaded and many killed. In the name of truth, justice, peace and liberty. .
It's strange and possibly a bit ironic that Bonhoffer was martyred by hanging only one day before the war was declared overwith.
It's not about the size of the intellect, it's how you use it. Or something.
The dunning & kruger effect+ ignorance+ narcissism= Could be the end of our entire race
"Stupidity" = Herd instinct...Humans are social animals, some more so than others. In the struggle for survival, for power (as energy and material resource control and throughput), following a herd, being a social animal, is usually advantageous to those individuals who do so since a group generally is stronger than an individual. When the individuals in a group no longer see an advantage in remaining in it (social contract breaks down), following the herd, then the group then breaks apart. The vast majority of humans don't and won't think themselves out of their "stupidity" until this happens-begins to happen.
I use to call this "cattle mode". Thinking is difficult and many love to just take the "thinking results" of others they perceive as authority.
I found myself incapable of entering "cattle mode" which made my whole life quite difficult because people who want to be perceived as authority hate people who don't switch to "cattle mode" in their presence. Now I'm convinced I'm autistic and this is what makes it impossible for me to enter this mode. I have no regrets though.
A line that I always found funny and fitting is "Wo lassen sie denken" (where do you delegate your thinking to)
@@gzoechi I'm with you! I don't know if you're autistic, but if you are, then maybe I am too and so I too would be glad to be so if that's what keeps me out of "cattle mode." "Wo lassen sie denken?" I like that phrase! Thanks for passing it along. I guess that even though all of must admit that most of our thinking comes from reading and hearing things that others have thought before us, sadly, the vast majority aren't very careful in seeking out thinkers who are worth following. I trust you've read Nietzsche, but in case not, I bet you would find him to be a thinker worth reading. All the best to you from a fellow "cattle mode" resister.
@@Avianthro Sure, we depend on others to provide information and opinion, but we can chose to use diverse sources and draw our own conclusions.
Nietzsche is great and I am more fascinated the more I learn about him.
@@gzoechi Right on!
I say! Simply Stupendous theory Her Bonhaufer!🎉
How relevant is this today?
Very
BLM.....
Agree with the last comment, further, both right and left share in their own stupidity.
brilliant
Thanks! So true! Going to share this
To avoid meeting stupidity:
be curious, ask questions, ask for explanation. Never judge before knowing the context. Never put pressure on someone to make him fool. Isn’t gaslighting?
From my experience, to ask questions or to ask for explanations results in abuse and attacks.
@@LittleKitty22 what a strange approach of considering conversations and exchanges.
No question no reply. No reply no understanding. No
Understanding no progress. No progress no evolution. No evolution nothing to add. Next candidate….
@@bernardmartinez1275 I had merely pointed out that asking questions or asking for explanations, results in attacks and abuse. Next thing, you are replying in an aggressive way. Thank you for proving me right!
@@LittleKitty22If you are getting attacked for asking questions maybe you should associate with better people.
@@ArtemisSilverBow It's the people I cannot avoid that are like this, not people I associate with. And complete strangers. One asks them to clarify something or a general question about whatever one is speaking to them about, next thing they blow up, throw tantrums, scream like a banshee, make threats, refuse to do the job they were meant to do - or worse. Often, especially so-called "professionals", then make false accusations.
Such behavior is surprisingly common. "Professionals" usually assume that customers/patients/tenants are all intellectually challenged, and when one asks them a question and thereby shows them that one isn't quite as stupid as they assumed, their ego can't stand it and their weak minds melt, and boom - total meltdown.
it hurt to see Bonhoeffer acknowledge how blind belief leads to stupidity, yet he was religious.
Your assumption is that religion ( in the case to hand Christianity) is blind belief and therefore stupid. The problem here, of course, is your assumption..?
@@phillipsugwas what is my assumption? theistic religions rely entirely on faith, which is another word for blind belief.
@@9_1.1 Checkmate! Burn! You got him/her/it! #FACTS (you destroyed his arguement with facts...good job!)
You assume others have no proof. Every atheist assumes this. If I see a spaceship land and little green aliens start running around, I have an evidentiary event that you know nothing about, which makes you look foolish when you deny it.
Faith and blind belief offer us hope, and hope offers us death, and death offers us peace for eternity.
The worst thing i ever found out, is that I'm just smart enough to know how stupid I am!
" If you can get people to believe absurdities,you can get them to commit atrocities." Voltaire
Stupidity and Wokeness go hand in hand...
Bonhoeffer would be attacked, doxed and cancelled if he was around today.
Looks like you cannot tell the difference. Which makes you...?
I think Bonhoffer had a word for it.
Covid was an IQ test.... the amount of FB/YT trained virologists and vaccine experts it created was unbelievable...😊
Bwahaha. Boy, do you have that backward. It was a test, alright. Who will stand on their head and sing nursery rhymes just because authority figures order it?
@@YSLRD I don't think you understand what Miguel was saying...:-) Covid was a test with many experts saying contradictory things at the same time. IMO, people got tired of sifting through the facts and began to find the facts that supported their preexisting beliefs.
A few years ago explaining that it's properly called "SARS-CoV-2" was getting me deleted by the algorithms for disinformation. Just posting links to Wikipedia's page of the same name was trouble.
My dad always said if EVERYONE is doing it, or thinking it, examine it closely.
Collective stupidity reminds me of an old saying from the former Soviet Union: " We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us". There
It sounds like the typical characteristics of our subconscious mind. Our subconscious mind is super stupid.
Sounds like he was talking about how many stupid people would believe about COVID 😂😂
People latch on to ideology out of a need for simple explanations to a complex reality. They then cling to it for fear of being banished from their "tribe". This is a version of the "sunk cost fallacy". Of course, this leads to many stupid decisions being made. There ya go.
Safe and effective come to mind when they suppressed the non takers and the common people acted with hate and malice gains non compliance.😊
This is how Canada got into the mess were in with the Liberal Party
And why we will continue to go even further with the proposed new leaders.
maga to a tee....
Trump is leading Biden by 5 points. Looking forward to your rage in 2025 😊
I agree it would be a a disgrace to have so many stupid gullible people vote against what is best for the nation because they follow the crowd. Making a political decision based on the GDP, industry startups ,crime rates, employment rates and the international strength of the dollar could be better than deciding our future based on social media memes about an old guy that stutters. This video exposes that intelligent people can also do stupid things. lets just hope that these polls are wrong and the majority is not stupid. @@Ghayme-changer
@@jimballard7217 It's a pity so many people are so stupid they lack basic pattern recognition. 4 years of relative world peace under the Trump administration, now likely heading into WW3 or something like it, under the Biden administration.
It's a pity people are so stupid they fixate on one man (either man) and forget or dismiss the obvious fact that the man is the visible tip of the iceberg. Vote for the iceberg, not the tip. The Democrat iceberg is destabilizing the world. A republican iceberg will likely be "less bad". Pattern recognition and intellectual honesty, you don't even need to be all that clever to figure it out..
@@Ghayme-changeryes in the white, old,rural populations with land lines that are heavily over sampled in the polls you think are true. Oops I suggested you lack critical thinking skills… But keep believing- just like the ‘Red Wave’ which gave Republicans a tiny, and unworkable majority in Congress. I love the sheer class of MTG and Boebert and the wisdom they embody./s
@@jimballard7217Don’t worry. Those polls are wrong. You want evidence? Look at the so called Red Wave which was predicted in 2022. By the selective use of polls the media are able to manipulate viewers. It is irresponsible and dangerous. Still it is providing some comfort for Trump supporters as he loses all businesses and heads for prison later this year.
Dude comes straight out the gate yelling like I did something to offend.
OMG! This explains America today! Scary. It’s spreading all over the world.
Be optimistic. The tide could be turning. The consequences of the extremists lies are filtering through and younger people are becoming more inclined to vote. Thanks Taylor! You know she’s succeeding because of the abuse she’s getting from the Steve Bannons of the world.
It was all over the world the same time it showed up in America. If you watch more than national news, you see what's coming far before it gets there.
Cancel Culture explained!
Are you taking things a bit far here? Are you saying that if people question accepted truths, they are stupid? What is science all about if not questioning everything? Are all religious people stupid because they believe in something that can't be proven? I would say that those who are stupid are those who never question themselves but rather walk through life believing themselves flawless.
Being Aware(most of the time) helps you stay less stupid.
[my own experience]
Ignorance is no excuse for stupidity.
MAGA
Yeah because freedom is stupid.