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Wow. You have a point there. I find that arguing politics is more difficult than it seems. I prefer to keep my options open and go for the politics that will have the best tangible benefits on society. That is the smart way to do stuff. However some people will stick to a party they like, even if its politics are inappropriate and harmful. It is so stupid and illogical that it confuses me. My pet peeve is poor people that like Republicans. Seriously what it up with that? I have tried to use reasoning to debate politics, but it just doesn't work. People can be so stubborn and dumb sometimes. Religion on the other hand is just a lost cause. There is no solid evidence for or against any deity. So this can't be reasoned at all. People can be so thin skinned and closed minded about these topics. So people avoid talking about politics and religion altogether.
@@c.d.dailey8013 That's the problem, many people have lost the ability to rationally think and question, people like to believe and stick to one idea with utmost toxicity. Hope things change, I am optimistic, people will start to question their own beliefs now and then, it only clarifies your perception.
I agree with this cause I was arguing with this very stupid person it was about wether a potato is a vegetable or not they never gave up until the day they looked it up
I dont think Jerry is dumb at all. He is Smart enough to have common decency and is a great husband to Beth and I feel like it takes a smart man to put thier own ego aside to be a true partner. His emotional intelligence is very high and that's an important asset to the world.
@@rosaritamariah5032 Just as the video told, in reality people who are actually smart are made villains and those who have the slave mentality look like heroes, just like you made one, so the video is basically correct, you won't love a person who is actually smart but will refer to the other person to be smart who is actually dumb, just because it's easy for you to handle in a relationship, this is what the video is trying to say and you are just proving it.
@@redskullx3384 oh to the contrary, if you look at the actual data and the comment section that abounds with admiration and emulation of rick, then you would realize what you say about people hating intelligence couldn't be further from the truth.
@@rosaritamariah5032 Don't confuse admiration with love, I admire a person doesn't mean I want to become like him, it just means that person has redeeming qualities. I admire a person doesn't mean I love him, it's just admiration just from far away, actually no one wants a person who is truly intelligent, just like you, and let me be true, it's not really your fault. People are just that way, people don't really like Intelligent people, they admire them, but actually what they say behind their back is what is more important. Moreover This video will mostly be watched by those who like Rick, it's not the whole world, so only in the comments section there are more people who admire Rick, most of the world isn't here, so you really can't say that most people in the world admire him. People actually hate intelligence, they might admire them, but actually deep down people don't want an intelligent person in their life.
@@rosaritamariah5032 Look down history, you will find many intelligent people who were treated like shit, one example would be Tesla who died like a loner with noone with him at the end, he wasn't even admired that time, now he is admired but still it doesn't change the fact that he died all alone with no one to love him and no one wanting him. That is the fate of truly intelligent people.
I think some people pretend to be less intelligent than they really are as to not offend their friends or to seem more relatable. And it creates a conflict in their mind because it's a form of rejection when you get down to the source
@Ved Bior I wasted alot of my time pretending to be naive. Still working on just being my real self, habits don't change unless you make them. I think it's okay to be unique, forget what people say and be the genuine you
Look at Norm MacDonald. Funniest man alive and one of the most intelligent comedians out there to boot, but he knows you can’t make people laugh if you’re seen as the smartest man in the room.
"so is being brilliant just the curse of being aware of everything thats wrong without having any power to change it?" thats a good explanation for why a shit ton of smart people are depressed
@T P. No, you see what's wrong, you come to realize that no matter what you do to fix things, the more stupidity of the masses will overturn whatever you do. So after a few years or decades you must face a choice; find what matters to You, or fall into hopeless despair... (I chose to collect skills that will be needed when society craps itself.) That is how I cope with the monumental stupidity that I see destroying and "dismantling" modern society. Where the truly vacuous are exalted, and the invaders are shuned.
Some paths to depression have a strong correlation with "learned helplessness" -- a big part of the experience of existential dread. In my understanding, without metacognition (which would imply an active awareness, not passive or subconscious awareness), it is next to impossible to even have these crises at all, nevermind ascertaining how truly shitty the world is or undergoing the emotional experiences of introspection that lead to them. I think being more intelligent than others is the very thing that comes with the ability to be metacognitive/thoroughly introspective in the first place. I know I could be wrong, though; there might be people of average intelligence who really can do so, but in my opinion it's highly unlikely. But what I do know is that ascribing anything meaningful about the world around us must include examination of the self and the ways in which we do or can interact with this world.
True! Rick falls under the media trope that intelligence equals asshole and weakness is equal to being dumb it’s very played out when lol at how many shows/movies do it! Which in turn make people irl resent intelligence and idiocy so where’s the happy medium?
@@stevenirizarry1304 If Rick weren't cruel he would basically be Doctor Who... or Doctor Emmett Brown... or Batman... or Black Panther/Shuri... or Invincible Iron Man... or Moon Girl...
Yes, the smartest person would actually be super compassionate, remember, Hitler was a tactically inept person who believed the people with higher cancer risk were superior and inbreeding was good, whilst Peter Kropotkin was an evolutionary biologist and well educated in many other fields and was an anarchist, and Einstein was a socialist pacifist who believed in women's rights. Rick isn't smart, he has the ideology and understanding of a 15 year old, he just happens to have Clark tech.
It doesn't matter what they need to hear...Just say what you believe...of course You can keep your opinion to yourself but if they ask for it...Tell them what you truly think of the situation and nothing more...if they don't like it then oh well... It's peaceful being alone anyway
No one is commenting what needs to be commented, that the material on Nietzsche, while brief and elementary, was spot-on in terms of accuracy. 99.9% of the time Nietzsche is mentioned in a RUclips video his philosophy is entirely misinterpreted or simplified, but the content presented in this video is correct and succinct. It makes me really happy to see this. Well done!
If you actually think the writer of Rick & Morty have even cracked open 1 book by Nietzsche, you are delusional, and just straight up dumb. Lol. Come on. They probably have no idea who carl jung is.
It's impossible to know everything because the brain has a limited storage capacity and couldnt fit the entirety of all data within the cosmos unless it was some sort of mega giant black hole or something
Essentially, yeah... Everyone wants to feel special and be a know it all. These same kinds of people can't even explain to you a fraction of what it is that they bring up as a topic. Just from my experience though.
@@env0x It's not about storage limits. It's rather about the fact that you have not enough time in this life to absorb all the wisdom. Even if you read 24/7, you cannot read them all. Not even touching your "storage limits".
Tons of people think they’re intelligent or want to be. That’s why they dislike _actual_ intelligent people, because it undermines their deluded self-image. The ego does not like its own lies and illusions to be dispelled.
I don’t know if I’m intelligent or not, I just know that my ex thinks I’m a know it all and makes me feel as though I think I’m smarter than I really am. So to him, your comment would be applicable to me. And now, I can’t unsee comments like this without thinking that this might apply to me. 🤔😐
@@deleqtronica8733 not at all, I love smart people and believe everyone has the potential to unlock great intelligence. I love seeing others inventions and creations come to life in real time. I live holding meaningful conversations. However, I don’t consider myself a genius. I know I’m smart in many ways but definitely not a genius. I see what geniuses look like.
Well it true, people, especially children, who have suffered tramatic experiences are often smarter than others people there age. They are also confused to by cold, mean, cruel, and arrogant even though then just have seen the dark side, they don't live in it but they don't ignore it either.
Society doesn’t tolerate people who can’t or won’t socialize. The truth that people will often find in the workplace is that employers prioritize is your ability to get along and cooperate to work as a team. One of the reasons Rick is so miserable, is because he often only cares about himself and refuses to be a team player. We see Rick at his happiest when he is working as a team with his grandkids.
Agreed. Man the current introvert circlejerk these days annoys me to no end. Yes its draining to hang out with people etc etc and yes you’re totally smarter than those vapid « « « extroverts » » » » but working alone is generally not productive is most industries. People need to set their egos aside and stop taking exemple on entertaining asshole characters on tv
True. I could never keep a job longer than two years. After 20 years of hearing the same kinds of people describe which logo they identify with, and how it made their week the fact that X player went across the line once again for the 500,000th time and this validates their sense of victory and self worth, what happens is one becomes overwhelmed from the repetitious conversation you have to decide are you going to allow yourself to go mental, or escape to keep your sanity.
I’m not the smartest person. I have realized that the more I expand my world view, become accepting of other people’s thoughts and lifestyles and start to connect the dots between religion, science, math, philosophy etc. the more people around me seem to distance themselves. I feel more connected to them, but they feel less connected to me. Just going down the path of trying to understand the universe we live in is lonely. I’ve started to dislike small talk and rather converse over more complex topics. Not to argue not to win but to continue to expand my world view. But it seems most people would rather talk about the weather than global warming or the kardashian rather than the impact bad role models have on society.
Sounds like your only parroting half MSM talking points without hitting the gossip rag high points that the small minded love Which just makes you a climate change alarmist without the actual problem being addressed that we don't develop our own industry or farm our own food an ice age or worse could be here at any moment an f us all up. Instead people want some kind of unbalanced parity between people who set out to accomplish complex tasks with people who stumbled in off the street because of insert imaginary problem based in nonsense.
Smart and likeable aren't polar opposites, but they're separate things. A lot of 'smart people' I've known were simply more effective at being assholes. It's what you do with it, that counts.
The asshole thing is the biggest issue here. I always got the impression that Rick just wants to be an ass because he doesn't want to be vulnerable. He can't even get along with himself.
@@fakename3440 I find that once you accept the fact there are strings, you are more at peace as you can somewhat control the direction those strings are taking you. You'll never escape them, but equally they keep you grounded in reality. You can also see other peoples strings, and stay clear of those strings that could get caught up in your own.
@@TheCoomer yes I've always felt like the reality of our world was controlling us and we were forced to do the same exact thing to survive and I didn't wanna do that. A lot of people don't realise that.
@@fakename3440 Indeed, especially when you can see the divisions caused by the media, Governments. Inner workings of the world, yet no one can see what is in front of their faces. I think that you cannot change the world, but only try to understand it more.
This is the first time i've seen nihilism as accurately represented. Good job guys. The universe may be devoid of meaning but that doesnt mean we cannot generate it
The way I heard it, it was more like existentialism. Paraphrasing from memory: "Nothing really matters, we're all going to die, come watch TV with me".
The entire concept of 'meaning' is artificial. The question is whether you'd rather generate genuine meaning to life and the cosmos or simply resort to lying to yourself (and perhaps to others).
@@BadlandSurvivor nhilism isn't inherently pessimistic. It's just reductive. Misassigning a definition like that excuses a fallacy that limits your perspective. I could describe for you how it is and that it is in my head, but first you need to be able to say "it's possible", and you don't sound ready to do that
I mean, I'm pretty intelligent but I'm not gonna brag about that. Bragging about your intelligence is like bragging about how much silverware you have. Anyone can get more
Tell me about it. I was really depressed due to me being so fucking smart. No I just decided to outsmart myself and be dumb so I could be happy. Gues what! It works.
That’s by design - most schools are conditioning facilities designed to get the offspring of society accustomed to a workplace, not to develop the intellect.
It's the staple of our species. Homo Superbus > Homo Sapiens. Only an arrogant primitive species would title themselves "wisest in the land of simpletons".
The Dunning-Krueger effect is nearing pandemic status around the globe, not just in this comment section. I just had a guy try to convince me the sky is fake. Like on The Truman Show. Man-made. Seemed otherwise not nuts, but he seemed to truly believe some global shadow government is faking...the sky, somehow.
do you know how unpacked the dunning-krueger effect argument is? watch this. If a genuinely smart person knows he is smart---like rick; then wouldnt that dismantle that stupid "effect," right away? i feel like the dunning krueger effect is a black n white effect that people, (like you,) throw around to feel dominant. The only thing rick and morty gets wrong is that smart people have infinite confidence like rick. But in reality they are quite sensitive and just generally intense people. you know how many smart people are doubtful of themselves because of that? they hear arguments like the dunning krueger effect, then believe they are worthless. it may be partly true/applicable in a decent amount of intances, but smart people are already shunned enough by themselves and others, and ironically think they have little potential and believe their talents don't actually exist. so some will identify with the effect out of pure irony. its unproductive to sensitive smart people because they identify and latch onto many things because they are always questioning their reality.
Is it affecting you Galo? Do you think your smart by saying that? Or are you dumb and saying that to make other people as dumb as you do so you don’t feel inferior?
Ironically that makes you a smarter person because you know that there are vast amounts of knowledge out there that are beyond you’re current understanding.
Or you can just realize that the sum total of all knowledge - of the forms and functions in existence is essentially infinite. Ergo no matter how much you are able to grasp, in your brief existence, you'll remain significantly ignorant. The point isn't some image of being intelligent (compared to what, or whom?). The point is knowing as much as you can to know how interesting it is to have a brief existence.
Way to try to sound deep and esoteric but smart is simple it’s problem solving ability. Your talking about wisdom. You can be wise without being “smart”. And you be “smart” without being wise. It’s best when you are both though.
@@sid7395 lol nope, ever heard of the cassandra paradox? You can have the exact knowledge of future and if you don't have sufficient power or resources to act upon it, you'll never be able to change what's coming. So no kid knowledge is not power. Not in the absolute sense.
Idiocracy: The only movie that started out as a comedy, but ended up as a documentary. Ignorance is bliss to the unawakened, but hell to those that are enlightened.
In the Bhagavatam it's said that there are two kinds of people who are truly happy in the material/temporary world. 1. Is the completely enlightened transcendental soul. (Who, thereby, is and isn't in the material world at the same time). 2. The second is the man whose intelligence is like that of a rock. Dull, dumb, and oblivious.
Sometimes I just want someone to talk about the more obvious themes of Rick N Morty. Depression. Immediately, I noticed how depressing the show can be with Rick's nihilistic personality. Everyone's kind of grown obsessed with the "intelligence" of Rick n Morty but honestly a lot of it seems kind of a stretch at times.
The idea of smart people being more prone to depression lends itself to being depressed through the majority of your life. If you build your identity based on the personality of the depressed you, then when you're happy it's no longer the self you recognize.
If one were really smart, one would realize that our selves don't really exist -- just a bunch of ideas cooked up by our busy minds. Maybe Rick drinks to avoid the feeling that he doesn't matter.
I appreciate this insightful analysis! I want to emphasize, though, that the character of Rick is regarded as a “dick” by others not because he’s smart, but because he tramples on every relationship in his life. A person with truly broad and deep intelligence would understand that human beings have evolved as social animals and are therefore governed by certain principles of social interaction. Violate those principles and you will be hated. Leonardo da Vinci was arguably one of the most massively intelligent persons ever born. Observers described him as courteous and reserved. He might not have been understood, but nobody called him a dick. Well, this series is comedy and has to be edgy, so it’s great. But I wish to remind us that being brilliant is not synonymous with being hated.
Inflexible Principals of social interaction which exclude Rick altogether. Moreover, you see how uptight they get around anyone who doesnt fit into their views. Rick is a dick. But he doesnt have much choice.
wish this had gone a bit more into what therapy actually is and how it actually helps people to refute rick’s worldview a little more. there’s NOTHING comfortable about good therapy (other than hopefully the rapport between yourself and your counselor). therapy is supposed to make you confront the emotions and events that make you uncomfortable, and about integrating and transforming that discomfort into growth, healthy development, and *mastery of your own universe*. rick can’t be the master of anything by continuing to drown his inner world with alcohol and run away from all of his problems. sounds like a slave to me
Aikaterine Illt i’m not going to use a car that doesn’t run right as an example of a working vehicle am i? why would i mention the bad therapists or problematic therapies that don’t work
@@ladymoe5395 because the fact that people know there are bad cars out there is why we are careful about which ones we pick and are constantly checking to make sure they work. If people assume all therapist are good because they never come across criticism of therapist they will not do the work to make sure they are actually getting good treatment. I’ve heard girls tell me things their therapist said that was terrible advice but because she didn’t even consider that therapist could give bad advice she trusted the advice completely.
i think that rick is jealous of jerry for the ways his level of intelligence or lack thereof allows him to be happy with his life while rick has to go above and beyond to feel something
Nah Rick isn't jealous. He just finds enjoyment out of trolling Jerry cause he allows himself to be a punching bag. I think the writers portrayal of Rick towards Jerry is that he thinks Jerry is a pathetic waste of air. And Rick definitely isn't jealous of Jerry because of his stupidity because Rick is aware that Jerry's stupidity in fact is not bliss. Jerry's life is more of a wreck than Rick's except Jerry is stupid. Its Jerry that is jealous of Rick. Just look back on the episode when morty was building a model solar system and Jerry got offended because morty wanted ricks help instead. Rick finds Jerry dumb and pathetic and thats why he rags on Jerry. Because he's trying to bully Jerry out of the house. He sees Jerry as a leech and wants him gone so he literally fucks with Jerry to not only inflate his dislike for him but he's also trying to get Jerry to leave by constantly screwing with him and unfortunately; Jerry is resilient to adversity since he deals with it constantly and his ignorance and mental gymnastics makes him convince himself to stick around, which, annoys rick more because no matter how much rick tries to mentally destroy jerry he always finds a way to stick around and accepts it while ignorantly ego stroking himself in an effort to fight his insecurities and the harsh truth of reality.
Just 'cause you're smart doesn't mean you have the right to be a jerk. You need some emotional intelligence too. Also, this might seem weird but I personally don't think that saying the truth is always the smartest thing to do. There are times were it is necessary, but if it going to severily hurt someone, a little lie or an omision might be OK. EDIT: So you guys have been writing a lot of comments about the lying thing and some of them are actually pretty valid. So let me clarify. Maybe you are right. It can be better to say the truth. However the way you deliver it can really matter. You don't need to lie, but there are times where it is preferable to explain the truth with care to others.
Amelia Sanchez I live by thinking that the least amount of harm should be the choice always, if you can avoid making someone suffer then you should always do that, sometimes it’s imperative but It needs to be justified and be for the grater good, being evil just for the sake of it isn’t acceptable
I love talking/ interacting with highly intelligent people. It is fascinating how some of them see the world in their day to day life. If they communicate well, its super interesting and most of the time I can learn something too.
Whats the smartest thing youve heard?The smartest thing ive heard Perfection exists because intelligence and happiness exists and perfection requires it to be perfect means to be smart and happy the smartest question is dose perfection exist
Rick doesn't lack emotional intelligence. He's smart enough to know his feelings can be his weakness because he cares so much. Superman has kryptonite. Rick has family. It's called 'Cognitive Dissonance.'
Wow, I really appreciate that, I would definitely appreciate more comments from someone who knows what ‘Cognitive Dissonance‘ is, I certainly hope you are making such astute observations on other such works filled with ways to visualize thoughts in such ways,?, wow, now that I think back on that, I would like to say you really hit it just rightly,?, you gave me a lot to think about, thank you - - Cognomen
He cares about his family so much he abandoned them in the reality HE screwed up then impersonates the Rick of another reality rather than tell them the truth. The character is cruel, sadistic and evil, but also smart. I think that’s an important issue here
U got a point bcuz I was gonna add a comment bout how Rick's a blunt Philanthropist in a way... An existentialist... He knows so much truth bout life itself that he wants more ppl to b aware including his family but he knows so much and has a very individualistic idealogy that he thinks he truly knows & can solve everything so it's hard 4 him to compromise wit others ways of thinking..like how he said life's about risking it all & etc I forgot lol.. those words he said hit me deep bcuz as I grew into adulthood I told myself I'd rather live the best, most fulfilling life I can than accept something I can hardly tolerate (everyday society trapped in low paying 9to5 jobs etc. for years/decades) I always felt we have a deeper meaning and purpose and we must find wat truly makes us want to LIVE for something(like painting & designing is my passion & ultimate goal/ Future job) not a 9to5 fast-food joint or Warehouse job, sum ppl may like that & all power 2 you if that's your passion, as long as youre passionate bout it & not depressed bout it & forcing yourself to work it than I'm happy 4 U too! but that's not my playing field lol.. not everyone wants 2 or can b as smart as Rick but he doesn't want u to as u see Morty isn't all like him but he wants ppl to have a true purpose defining them.. I feel Rick tries to get this point across
I love this show. It shows me time and time again that nihilism isn't the way. Even though we're all insignificant, there's peace in knowing that and making the best of this shitty life.
“Omg guys, did you know that people who think they’re smart aren’t actually smart? Lmao, couldn’t be me. I’m highly intelligent and I know that everyone else who says they’re intelligent are actually idiotic. Haha, I’m so enlightened guys” - literally everyone in this comment section
Yeah they are the same people who hear the words Dunning Kruger and run around using them as proof that they are not under the effect and that others are.
@@arandomperson8285 Probably everyone is in one way or another effected by it, even if you know about it. I think most people just don't want to admit it.
I can tell you, I'm not smart. At the very least, I'm not as smart as Rick. Am I smarter than some people? Statistically speaking, I have to be, but I am also less intelligent than others, to varying degrees on both ends of the spectrum.
It's a bit like knowing exactly what is wrong and exactly how to fix it, but no one will listen and you don't have the resources to do it yourself. It's like watching the train you are on go wildly out of control, but the emergency brake is in another car you don't have access to, and no one else wants to slow down.
@Juni Post Yes but it does depend mostly on the tone of which you say something. The way you say something means way more than what you're actually saying.
@Juni Post you're eliminating the very thing that makes someone human we have emotions you're not imputing codes into a computer you're talking to a living breathing human. If you think you can just throw scientific facts at people in a rude tone and not get met with the same energy you have a long empty life ahead of you. I get what you saying because I'm just like you I'm a completely logical person as well but I know human nature and you can never persuade someone with just black and white facts you need to empathize with them. People don't care about being wrong they care about someone trying to embarrass them.
Tone and delivery has nothing to do with truth and facts. You can say it however the hell you want as long as what you’re saying is implying truth, nothing more and nothing less.
The truth and emotion maybe different but if you told some the facts with the purpose of making them understand it, emotions and the way you say it means a big deal, and that’s EQ. Think of a formula that you’re trying to solve, if your answer is to tell someone something regardless of them understanding or accepting it, tone and delivery is not a part of the equation. But if you want mutual understanding between parties then don’t neglect emotions.
I 100% believe you not only CAN be nice AND smart, but that it's pretty simple once you realize that more often than not it's smart to be nice. Just kind of removes altruism from the equation.
If You're Actually Smart if You are Being Kind or Nice it's Usually for Others Sake & if it's Not Reciprocated Properly Things Suck & that Can Lead to You to Being Mean the Beet a Smart Person or the Dumb People they Interact with Can Hope for is Balance with Moderate Caring & Detached Indeference as Fewer People Will Be Harmed
Interesting theory about Rick, but his genius as well as other geniuses portrayed in movies and TV is a fictional brand of smarts. In real life no human being could know the entire universe. Everything new we learn about the universe opens up a thousand new questions. This means that truly genius people are constantly being humbled in their inability to keep up. Also it’s said that someone who truly knows a subject on a genius level knows it to the point that they could break it down to a level they could make a child understand. So the idea that a person could be so smart that they just can’t explain it to the peons of the world is a myth.
MadameTamma really, who said that? No one in the world could make an emotional person understand the logic fast enough, the only time these situations are shown in media is when the smart person says there was no other way in a situation, and an emotional person doesn’t believe them, and the emotional idiot would never take the time to listen to why the smart person was right, because deep down they know they were wrong, and they would rather live in blissful ignorance and hate than be an adequate human being, it’s a lot easier to purposely be stupid than to accept you were wrong
Some subjects can not be explained to anyone when talking about something advanced enough, people should just trust in geniuses, but the only reason they don’t is because they are human garbage and jealous
@@DocBrown-tr8hg I didn't say "emotional person". I said a child. and in most scenarios when someone tries to convince you that "you can't understand a subject because it's too advanced for you" . they're really just trying to get you to think that so you won't ask any follow up questions that they don't want to answer because they don't know the subject as well as they think they do. Princeton University did a study on this, that said people who want to SEEM smart intentionally use a more advanced vocabulary to intimidate others. True genius can break down their knowledge into simple metaphors and "Picture this scenarios" so that a six year old can at least get the basic gist of it.
MadameTamma a six year old can in no way “get the basic gist” of computer programming or physics, because there’s a difference between kind of explaining it and actually explaining what goes on, and I’m sure they could explain basic things, but not advanced concepts such as what is portrayed in media when the characters a geniuses
I think every goddamn thing comes with own price; it is literally impossible to understand what you did not experienced, as a result without omnipotence any and every branching of time stream creates an inability understand what is it like to be not yourself. Intelligence and imagination is just poorly devised simulation of most likely scenarios that is depending on your knowledge, life sucks we are all wrong at some point, some of us don't care. It is being incomplete. Therefore as a species we take too much pride in our narrow window.
@@chavalomiguel5587 I have a I.Q. of 125. The Gifted territory. That has been my experience. What has your experience been? What is the price you have to pay?
@@dreamlotus6086 First 125 is above average, and then everyone's experiences are different from eatch other, some are able to use that intelligence for communication skills some are punished with it, personally I'm a fusion of both, but you can't generalize
@@skipperofschool8325 im not sure but i think it’s because they’re used to being pessimistic and worrying about things too much instead of having fun and being happy. Being happy is out of routine for them so they don’t recognise themselves. Might be different tho
I wanted to comment, but then I realized would say nothing new, so I wholeheartedly recommend Renegade's Cut very recent video on the same topic, even if just for comparison.
To me being smart is the ability to judge the level of comprehension of people you’re dealing with so you can place yourself one step upper and so you can sort of dominate intellectually in any situation. If not intelligence itself I believe it’s at least of form of intelligence, a more social one.
Rick is smart and cruel, and he doesnt have to be. That's why people dont like him. And even then you just have to look at the show's real world fans to see how many people STILL like him. In contrast, take a character like the doctor from Doctor Who. Intelligent and well-loved because he's kind
Rachel Hes cruel because hes smart. If your smart you would have realized that nothing matters because you arent simple minded and based on some useless goals.
@@kevinzheng7752 Say that to all those scientists that work together to improve lives and society. Being smart doesn't mean you have to be an asswhole, in fact if you really that smart you know being awful to everyone is a huge disadvantage in the long run because that means no one would bother to help you.
Contrary to what people may tell you, depressed people may score higher on tests of reality perception, but they are not necessarily intelligent, just perceptive. If you can't overcome existentialism, you're still in your intellectual adolescence. Don't take that as an insult, it just means there is more room to grow. Stagnation would be more insulting. The video narrator mentioned Nietzsche enough times to understand that, but I would recommended Albert Camus as well for any angsty teen.
It’s sad how people hate people who are genuinely themselves, open minded people, who want to walk a different path from others. Optimistic people,kind people. It’s depressing.
@@rishaa682 you been running around the comment section of this video trying protect your idiot idea of "being smart give me the right to be asshole like rick even tho rick is a fiction charater that suppose to be a cruel and care for no one else for yourself" It like a 14 years old kid like to brag about they dont believe in jesus because he fake and anyone who believe in him is dumb even tho is one of the way that human evolved overtime and there nothing wrong believing something that is fake if it give you some kind of purpose
@a normal everyday Spider but does saying that god is not real make you 100% smarter then elon musk if he believe in god ? The truth hurt But does doing Frankenstein shit on people let you justify by saying (we are just a bunch of walking meat bag that will die one day so i can prefrom illegal surgery on him)
@a normal everyday Spider just because everthing is meaning less and will end one day doesnt stop you from enjoying it the way you like while it last I mean why do human even evolve to this point if our planet gonna die in 1 billion years Why do we try to survi from danger if we cant escape death ? It like wrestle fans knowing wresting is fake but they still love the story of the fight using fake conflict to tell a story between 2 fighter like a movie or book
Exactly, because SCIENTIST=SATANIST... it is the definition of a perceived reality that completely disregards life as being nothing but a pit of bacteria... just because our existence in our physical bodies doesn’t last forever, doesn’t mean that is the end of who we are, and doesn’t mean life has no meaning, in fact it gives life even more value and meaning because our individual selfs will only be in existence for a little while, and that is nothing to cry over, who the hell wants to live forever? What we create here and now is what will live on for the future generations, but in the system/matrix we are all mind controlled slaves. Creating a world in our masters image, so when we “die” there is nothing left but the system, so we truly die because we have not created anything of our own, nothing unique or original or apart of the bigger picture of life/nature... because that is who we truly are, we ARE earth, and we ARE each other... the biggest lie is the eye...
Yes, but also the fact that a lot of people find the intelligence of others inherently insulting, because they feel as if it somehow diminishes their own intellect. If someone is smart, but has a differing opinion than you do, to some that feels like a prod at their intelligence. It's a complex problem.
Enjoy it with the right people. The right people make it all worth while, and so does God. Because God provides hope that all evil will disappear and his love will conquer.
I'm a gifted musician who hides my abilities from the world. People often think I'm slow. Until the day comes that they see that I am the opposite (at least in this arena). Then they treat me as foe. "They hate you if you're clever, but they despise a fool' - John Lennon
This is why intellect of any level, leads to some degree of misery. You'll constantly have an internal conflict of trying to be humble. Better to just be dumb really.
@@GameDogLeader21 A wise woman once told me "Solitude is sultanship" A sultan was a middle eastern kings. Being alone you are your own king. Under no obligation to act according to how others think but to how you want thinks for yourself. Being alone does not imply loneliness. Loneliness is not being able to share your interests and aspirations with others. So just do whatever you want. Everyone's opinion is just an opinion like how you said IRS better to be just dumb. If you're smart and you're alone you'll never know you're smart and will never have anything to disrupt you. You'll always be free. You'll always be a sultan.
@@GameDogLeader21 Tell me about it. I was really depressed due to me being so fucking smart in comparison to other. So I just decided to outsmart myself and be dumb so I could be happy. Gues what! It works. I am much happyier now since I stopped bothering so much about the world and most people around me. So count me to the dumb but happy people now.
Not trying to be edgy here but maybe it’s because they realize it’s unimportant, but in ricks case he has many relationships that he intends to upkeep so I’m not sure why he would view emotional intelligence to be pointless, I’m not sure I guess
Isaac Cephus I disagree, you can be a genius but you need social skills and emotional intelligence to triumph, charming people are extremely smart because getting people to like you is a skill that’s key to be successful, I see the class President Cheerleader as way more intelligent than the genius loner asshole, the cheerleader will conquer society playing along and charming everyone while the genius will be kicked out and forgotten.
I think more intelligent people look at things more logically than emotionally. They realize that feelings do not change reality, so they tend to reject them. They say things like "the truth doesn't care about your feelings." But like the vid says, these people are not really the smart ones
I don't think that it's being smart that causes someone to be miserable, it's: a) Assuming that other people are not intelligent because they haven't sought out the knowledge that they have. So they begin to resent and dislike other people based on that assumption and they feel alienated from other people when they don't have to. b) Overthinking
@Michael Whittmann Exactly. but Rick actually is smart, so the Dunning-Kruger effect doesn't apply to him here because he's basically a contradiction to that. The writers of this video were generalizing the quality of looking down on less smart people and basically saying that the opposite of the Dunning Kruger effect is true based off of Rick's feelings.
what is overthinking though? I get criticized over this even WITHIN academic settings. Sometimes my class would sigh loudly when I would ask deeper questions about the subject matter. This boggled my mind because these are classes that WE WERE PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to attend and to absorb everything we could. In turn, it created resentment within me towards them. I think intelligence (or even just simply asking deeper questions) reminds most people of their own inadequecies which infuriates them (they have the potential to do with but it's very difficult due to lack of time, life trauma, lack of confidence). I think it's why rich Elites (best example is Jeff Bezos) seem to have resentment towards the masses and see them as cattle.
@@TheSwordfish009 Well, your class could seem frustrated with you for one of two reasons 1. The class just wants to get out of there, 2. They feel a sense of intimidation, (which would come off as annoyance) because you thought of something they don't even have the capacity to think of, or at least, that they didn't think of first And by overthinking I just mean thinking so deeply about something you make yourself miserable, For example if you think about the ills of the world and all the historical institutions that have contributed to them, it could make you miserable. When maybe a less intelligent, or at least less intellectual person, would never think of that, so they get to be happy.
i think the actual point of it all has gone over everyone’s heads. rick is not being rewarded for being smart, he’s being punished for being arrogant and cruel. it would be like saying being old is being rewarded because rick gets punished despite being old. not the point
While praising courage this vid stays safe and avoids politics: a major factor. Most regimes cultivate anti-intellectualism and a suspicion of intelligent people who are not members of the ruling elite. Most ideologies exist to serve the interests of an elite -who do not want smartasses pointing out that the local belief system is a con.
CoalKingRyan actually, a majority of those weren’t on “pedestals” while alive, Tesla wasn’t taken seriously at all, and mozart wasn’t nearly as popular as he is today.
So being good at music = intelligent? There is a difference between talent and intelligence. (Referring to Beethoven’s mediocre intelligence, as I remember Mozart was actually intelligent).
Anubis huh, didn’t know that Beethoven was unintelligent, never really researched into that aspect of him. But yeah, talent in music is different from intelligence; however, great composers generally have a good intellect due to having to understand the fundamentals of music theory what with scales, time signature, crescendos and whatnot. But yes, there are some insanely talented people who can pull a good piece out of their ass.
"In light of all of this, is it even worth going through all the trouble of thinking deeply about existence?" The problem is we don't really get to pick and choose how are brains thinks, nor the conclusions it comes to. Sure, we can distract ourselves and even numb ourselves with drugs & alcohol but that only works to a point, and for so long
@@Bleepbleepblorbus Ok. Evolutionary pressers make Idiocracy virtually impossible. Intelligence is the number one trait that both sexes look for in a partner, and the Flynn effect has been showing that IQ scores have been rising over the decades.
When you smart, sometimes you can be like a jerry but once your back to being alone especially when your an extrovert... all that just goes away and because your still just a Rick surrounded by Jerry’s. But, you still can find your people who are about as smart and depressed as you.
Consuming alcohol hinders your brain, it makes it less intelligent, that is a true fact ... All you have to do to know this, is to see that drinking makes you forget random stuff, and forgetting randomly hinders your intelligence because your intelligence is built upon the knowledge from the past. Also alcohol is toxic, so it's irrational to take
@@mftoeless1687 Yes, but I believe that Tesla would have been even a smarter inventor if he didn't drink ... he was drinking it believing that it is healthy and would make him live till 150 years old, he lived for 86 years
I have a degree in philosophy and yet this video made me realize the fact and truth that has escaped me for so long. And that fact is, I need to give in to the universe. My laziness often is rooted in the fact that most tasks bore me unless I view them as a challenge. I've always opted to outsmart my way into shortcuts, especially in school. But now that I've graduated and actually cannot outsmart the simple fact that I have to do my work its been stressing me and causing me discomfort. I just want to learn all day. But we are slaves to the universe as much as we are a masters of it. We're in a bargain with the universe, there is give and take. It's given us life, and in return we must be its meat to eat for a good portion of our lives. I submit. And I'm okay with that. Because it is truth.
The thing about him "losing" to Jerry in season 3, is ironic for two reasons. One: Jerry was never fighting to begin with. And two: Rick was out smarted by EMOTIONAL intelligence. Beth was terrified. She did not know if she was real or not, and if she was just a side mom to one who abandoned her children, who could be destroyed and replaced upon "waking up." When she went to Rick about this, he flippantly told her "whatever" and reminded her if she was a clone, she was dead upon becoming self aware. This made her spiral more and panic, and cry. And Rick never cared. Jerry on the other hand, when she came to her just.... sat her down and talked to her. She offered him FULL RANGE of her body to use her until he was sure and all he did was tell her when he fell for her...and the only thing he took was a small, panicked, peck on the lips. And it was through that she accepted that even though she did not know if she was "the original." She was still alive. And she mattered and was loved/ cared for. Which is what she needed. Jerry's ability to emphasize with Beth, listen to her and help find a solution to make her and the kids feel safe, brought the family back together. His time away from the family made him better. Him coming back has improved the family already. People hate Jerry and call him pathetic. But unlike Rick he has the ability to meet the emotional needs of those he loves. Being smart does not give you the excuse to be a bully. And Rick was abusive and a bully for too long.
Yes but the point is from Rick's perspective it isnt "bullying" its just a fact of lofe that it didnt matter either way. That's what ppl call "the curse of the intelligent", they arent consumed by emotions as much as reality. Like sociopaths pretty much.
This video makes me consider it feeds into the mythos if tortured genius. That being smart or extraordinary destination you to being misunderstood, mental health problems and poor interpersonal relationships.
Deedee Dan I was thinking the same thing. That’s one of the things I don’t like about that theme of the show, it seems more like arrogance than intelligence. You’ll find that there are plenty of smart people in many places, it’s not just a few people
yeah this doesn't go into the fact that rick is basically just dan harmon, who is pathologically terrified of the idea that he messes up and hurts people, constantly drinks, and builds walls to protect himself from that idea. he's used to feeling under attack, and it's easy to say that it's because he's smart and people don't understand him
Sorry but you have the right to be arrogant if you back up that arrogance, you aren’t being arrogant if you truly are the best at something. Rick isn’t “acting” as if he’s constantly above everyone, he IS above everyone, he knows everything and has the power to destroy the universe
it's tough sometimes.. intelligence is an experience that many have to enjoy alone.. I would love to share this vid with someone but I don't know many who would enjoy it...
You know it’s interesting you say that because when people come to me about feeling depressed I’ve often said back to them well “ I feel perpetually depressed “ thanks for validating this!
Contrary to what people may tell you, depressed people may score higher on tests of reality perception, but they are not necessarily intelligent, just perceptive. If you can't overcome existentialism, you're still in your intellectual adolescence. Don't take that as an insult, it just means there is more room to grow. Stagnation would be more insulting. The video narrator mentioned Nietzsche enough times to understand that, but I would recommended Albert Camus as well for any angsty teen.
Oh yeah, I experienced that growing up. My mother once declared that I was "As Curious As A Zoo Full Of Raccoons" I took that to heart, because I have an incurable curiosity to discover how things worked... Which lead me to build some very " interesting stuff in my 20's causing my friends to call me a "Mad Scientist" (Which I would counter with "No, I am just a mildly perturbed scientist,) it was my way of coping with the everyday stupidity on public display.... For the record, some of my projects worked, and some... Experienced a "rapid unscheduled deconstruction" Fun times! The one takeaway from all this would be: when working with high frequency voltages, don't get distracted by your girlfriend when she walks into your "Lab" unannounced. The results can be... Shocking!
5:07 As a smart person, I can say this is a huge misrepresentation I face constantly. Therapy isn't boring because it's mundane (in that it is talking about normal people things and they don't interest me), but much to the contrary it is boring because it's mundane (in that it is talking about normal people things that I have already tackled in far less time than normal people take to tackle these issues, leading me to get bogged down in other people's slow comprehension of my much more rapid progress through these challenges). All too often my struggles are that I recognize a problem that most people face, but that very few of them recognize; and all too often others mistakenly believe my problems to be similar problems more commonly experienced by normal people, problems which I have overcome long ago. It is true that being intelligent will make you less satisfied with the world. But being less intelligent doesn't make the world better, it just makes you less aware of how much it hurts you in ways that it never had to. You're still hurt, you just have nothing to be angry at. I wouldn't give up my intelligence for anything. Life is like getting beat up by an invisible hand. Intelligence is like being able to see the hand, and knowing that the only way to defend against it is with the collective effort of a lot of people, most of whom refuse to believe that the hand exists. Recommended reading: Flowers for Algernon
@@morecurlsmoregirls6586 Right, because nobody whoever claimed to be smart actually was. There are no smart people in the world. Everyone has exactly 100 IQ.
@@morecurlsmoregirls6586 That's how I usually do, but it was relevant to my point. How am I going to talk about the experiences of smart people if I'm not one? I don't see what's so confusing about this concept. But just the same, I feel like the rest of the passage (which you allegedly didn't read) does plenty to demonstrate my intelligence.
@CCP What, am I supposed to avoid mundane shows and exclusively peruse more intellectual content? Look at the world I live in; I'd have almost nothing to watch! Excuse me for stumbling across a stupid RUclips video and then joining the discussion. I guess I may as well just drop off the face of the planet because I don't have any friends in my intelligence range. *"If our “smart” people make essays online about Rick and Morty we’re fcked."* We are "fcked", I know for a fact you're bright enough to see that much. - - - Honestly, if my intelligence was the average, we wouldn't have these massive problems all over the world. But given how low the average is, we're going to need people much more creative than I am, in order to find solutions that really make significant headway within the span of our lives. But really? Progress is slow but basically certain. Things will get better on the scale of hundreds of years. That trend has held true for tens of thousands of years, and it's not about to end.
It is not true that being intelligent makes you less satisfied with the world. Intelligence correlates with life satisfaction. This is the anti-truth. Suggested reading. Scientific papers on this subject.
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wow you don't watch the show this is stupid and jsut doing it for the p TANG
“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” - Bill Murray
Wow. You have a point there. I find that arguing politics is more difficult than it seems. I prefer to keep my options open and go for the politics that will have the best tangible benefits on society. That is the smart way to do stuff. However some people will stick to a party they like, even if its politics are inappropriate and harmful. It is so stupid and illogical that it confuses me. My pet peeve is poor people that like Republicans. Seriously what it up with that? I have tried to use reasoning to debate politics, but it just doesn't work. People can be so stubborn and dumb sometimes. Religion on the other hand is just a lost cause. There is no solid evidence for or against any deity. So this can't be reasoned at all. People can be so thin skinned and closed minded about these topics. So people avoid talking about politics and religion altogether.
@@c.d.dailey8013 That's the problem, many people have lost the ability to rationally think and question, people like to believe and stick to one idea with utmost toxicity.
Hope things change, I am optimistic, people will start to question their own beliefs now and then, it only clarifies your perception.
@Ari Elise What in the world is scientology
I agree with this cause I was arguing with this very stupid person it was about wether a potato is a vegetable or not they never gave up until the day they looked it up
I just be quiet now because what’s the point in talking to these people. Their ideology is just mind blowing to me.
Jery's ability to be happy and content with life is literally the embodiment of the phrase "ignorance is bliss"
I dont think Jerry is dumb at all. He is Smart enough to have common decency and is a great husband to Beth and I feel like it takes a smart man to put thier own ego aside to be a true partner. His emotional intelligence is very high and that's an important asset to the world.
@@rosaritamariah5032 Just as the video told, in reality people who are actually smart are made villains and those who have the slave mentality look like heroes, just like you made one, so the video is basically correct, you won't love a person who is actually smart but will refer to the other person to be smart who is actually dumb, just because it's easy for you to handle in a relationship, this is what the video is trying to say and you are just proving it.
@@redskullx3384 oh to the contrary, if you look at the actual data and the comment section that abounds with admiration and emulation of rick, then you would realize what you say about people hating intelligence couldn't be further from the truth.
@@rosaritamariah5032 Don't confuse admiration with love, I admire a person doesn't mean I want to become like him, it just means that person has redeeming qualities. I admire a person doesn't mean I love him, it's just admiration just from far away, actually no one wants a person who is truly intelligent, just like you, and let me be true, it's not really your fault. People are just that way, people don't really like Intelligent people, they admire them, but actually what they say behind their back is what is more important. Moreover This video will mostly be watched by those who like Rick, it's not the whole world, so only in the comments section there are more people who admire Rick, most of the world isn't here, so you really can't say that most people in the world admire him. People actually hate intelligence, they might admire them, but actually deep down people don't want an intelligent person in their life.
@@rosaritamariah5032 Look down history, you will find many intelligent people who were treated like shit, one example would be Tesla who died like a loner with noone with him at the end, he wasn't even admired that time, now he is admired but still it doesn't change the fact that he died all alone with no one to love him and no one wanting him. That is the fate of truly intelligent people.
I think some people pretend to be less intelligent than they really are as to not offend their friends or to seem more relatable. And it creates a conflict in their mind because it's a form of rejection when you get down to the source
@Ved Bior I wasted alot of my time pretending to be naive. Still working on just being my real self, habits don't change unless you make them. I think it's okay to be unique, forget what people say and be the genuine you
@@jomanout5866 thank you
@Ved Bior you're 11 years old?
True... I did act dumb before... But nowadays I have stopped that and I am a little happier.... I like to be isolated
Look at Norm MacDonald. Funniest man alive and one of the most intelligent comedians out there to boot, but he knows you can’t make people laugh if you’re seen as the smartest man in the room.
"so is being brilliant just the curse of being aware of everything thats wrong without having any power to change it?"
thats a good explanation for why a shit ton of smart people are depressed
We are the mantelopes of All Tomorrows.
@@NoName-ex4rf I just watched Alt shifts video on that a couple weeks ago. Very disturbing but highly intriguing
@T P.
No, you see what's wrong, you come to realize that no matter what you do to fix things, the more stupidity of the masses will overturn whatever you do. So after a few years or decades you must face a choice; find what matters to You, or fall into hopeless despair...
(I chose to collect skills that will be needed when society craps itself.)
That is how I cope with the monumental stupidity that I see destroying and "dismantling" modern society. Where the truly vacuous are exalted, and the invaders are shuned.
Innovators!
Stupid autocorrect
Some paths to depression have a strong correlation with "learned helplessness" -- a big part of the experience of existential dread.
In my understanding, without metacognition (which would imply an active awareness, not passive or subconscious awareness), it is next to impossible to even have these crises at all, nevermind ascertaining how truly shitty the world is or undergoing the emotional experiences of introspection that lead to them.
I think being more intelligent than others is the very thing that comes with the ability to be metacognitive/thoroughly introspective in the first place. I know I could be wrong, though; there might be people of average intelligence who really can do so, but in my opinion it's highly unlikely. But what I do know is that ascribing anything meaningful about the world around us must include examination of the self and the ways in which we do or can interact with this world.
honesty dose not equal cruelty.
and cruelty does not equal intelligence.
if rick Isn's cruel...than he would be boring
no but people treat real honesty as if it is cruelty.
@Instrumentality1000 but he doesn't see the point in doing that since he knows that nothing matters, which is why he's uncaring about the way he acts.
True! Rick falls under the media trope that intelligence equals asshole and weakness is equal to being dumb it’s very played out when lol at how many shows/movies do it! Which in turn make people irl resent intelligence and idiocy so where’s the happy medium?
@@stevenirizarry1304 If Rick weren't cruel he would basically be Doctor Who... or Doctor Emmett Brown... or Batman... or Black Panther/Shuri... or Invincible Iron Man... or Moon Girl...
'the more you know, the less others are able to relate to you,
but the more you'll be able to relate to everyone else'
🙌🏾
Great shit !
Yes, the smartest person would actually be super compassionate, remember, Hitler was a tactically inept person who believed the people with higher cancer risk were superior and inbreeding was good, whilst Peter Kropotkin was an evolutionary biologist and well educated in many other fields and was an anarchist, and Einstein was a socialist pacifist who believed in women's rights. Rick isn't smart, he has the ideology and understanding of a 15 year old, he just happens to have Clark tech.
well done
Now that is the fucking truth
Sad Truth: A lot of people, who are actually Jery, think they are Rick.
Be original
please
@@bleach4052 found a rick
I love Jerry, he’s funny and naive
But what if there's a person like rick but thinks like jerry
@@rakafirmansyah1716 let me introduce myself I motherfucking god of this new world
It's not being smart that makes the world hate you, it's telling people what they need to hear VS what they want to hear.
it’s thinking u know what people need
@@TekMex666 being dumb is thinking u know how to decide for someone else
@Homo floresiensis albert einstein wouldn’t know what everyone needs to hear, being smart is realising that
It doesn't matter what they need to hear...Just say what you believe...of course You can keep your opinion to yourself but if they ask for it...Tell them what you truly think of the situation and nothing more...if they don't like it then oh well... It's peaceful being alone anyway
Pretty lies are always more popular than ugly truths.
No one is commenting what needs to be commented, that the material on Nietzsche, while brief and elementary, was spot-on in terms of accuracy. 99.9% of the time Nietzsche is mentioned in a RUclips video his philosophy is entirely misinterpreted or simplified, but the content presented in this video is correct and succinct. It makes me really happy to see this. Well done!
It really is a breath of fresh air.
If you actually think the writer of Rick & Morty have even cracked open 1 book by Nietzsche, you are delusional, and just straight up dumb. Lol. Come on. They probably have no idea who carl jung is.
@@ZeranZeran I was talking about the Nietzsche content in this RUclips video, not the Nietzsche content in Rick and Morty (if there is any) :/
I’m #300
@@ZeranZeran and here we see another Jerry thinking they are Rick lol .
Nobody likes a know it all but everyone wants to be one.
That's true though....
It's impossible to know everything because the brain has a limited storage capacity and couldnt fit the entirety of all data within the cosmos unless it was some sort of mega giant black hole or something
Essentially, yeah... Everyone wants to feel special and be a know it all. These same kinds of people can't even explain to you a fraction of what it is that they bring up as a topic.
Just from my experience though.
They hate what they cannot have, don't they?
@@env0x It's not about storage limits. It's rather about the fact that you have not enough time in this life to absorb all the wisdom. Even if you read 24/7, you cannot read them all. Not even touching your "storage limits".
Tons of people think they’re intelligent or want to be. That’s why they dislike _actual_ intelligent people, because it undermines their deluded self-image. The ego does not like its own lies and illusions to be dispelled.
@stromboli he's right
I don’t know if I’m intelligent or not, I just know that my ex thinks I’m a know it all and makes me feel as though I think I’m smarter than I really am. So to him, your comment would be applicable to me. And now, I can’t unsee comments like this without thinking that this might apply to me. 🤔😐
@@Misuneverse well do you hate smart people? If you’re not sure if this applies to you, you might not be as smart as you think.
@@deleqtronica8733 not at all, I love smart people and believe everyone has the potential to unlock great intelligence. I love seeing others inventions and creations come to life in real time. I live holding meaningful conversations. However, I don’t consider myself a genius. I know I’m smart in many ways but definitely not a genius. I see what geniuses look like.
@Yieri I've never heard someone saying that they dislike left-handed people
Rick is jealous of Jerry's ability to just exist in their world without hating it or himself. Rick is incapable of Jerry's relative blissful ignorance
Dude I have intelligence, ignorance, commen sense, and meta modernism and I still hate how the world works
Exactly!
Yeah but Jerry would have been tortured to death several times without Ricks love
ye will he could brain swap them
"Wow, you're really mature for your age."
"Thanks, it's because of the trauma."
I can use that
Well it true, people, especially children, who have suffered tramatic experiences are often smarter than others people there age. They are also confused to by cold, mean, cruel, and arrogant even though then just have seen the dark side, they don't live in it but they don't ignore it either.
Uhhh join the club
Yo i feel attacked by this comment.
Katie Hay trauma isn’t linked to maturity
It’s some strange trope in media
Society doesn’t tolerate people who can’t or won’t socialize. The truth that people will often find in the workplace is that employers prioritize is your ability to get along and cooperate to work as a team.
One of the reasons Rick is so miserable, is because he often only cares about himself and refuses to be a team player.
We see Rick at his happiest when he is working as a team with his grandkids.
Agreed. Man the current introvert circlejerk these days annoys me to no end. Yes its draining to hang out with people etc etc and yes you’re totally smarter than those vapid « « « extroverts » » » » but working alone is generally not productive is most industries. People need to set their egos aside and stop taking exemple on entertaining asshole characters on tv
People sometimes forget the socialization is what allowed us to get this far not one smart loner.
Rick has tons of friends he is just doesn't care who doesn't want his opinion.
He doesnt need to work with others to survive because he basically owns all universes
True. I could never keep a job longer than two years. After 20 years of hearing the same kinds of people describe which logo they identify with, and how it made their week the fact that X player went across the line once again for the 500,000th time and this validates their sense of victory and self worth, what happens is one becomes overwhelmed from the repetitious conversation you have to decide are you going to allow yourself to go mental, or escape to keep your sanity.
I’m not the smartest person. I have realized that the more I expand my world view, become accepting of other people’s thoughts and lifestyles and start to connect the dots between religion, science, math, philosophy etc. the more people around me seem to distance themselves. I feel more connected to them, but they feel less connected to me. Just going down the path of trying to understand the universe we live in is lonely.
I’ve started to dislike small talk and rather converse over more complex topics. Not to argue not to win but to continue to expand my world view. But it seems most people would rather talk about the weather than global warming or the kardashian rather than the impact bad role models have on society.
Yeah I’m trying to figure this shit out also man. I just want to know the truth.
And to find people like yourself is rare as you aren’t exactly in the usual “scenes” most people go to.
I have the same thought as you too, these days its so hard to talking about anything than the superifical ones, i just want to know the truth man
You should read Atlas shrugged by Ayn Rand if you haven't already.
Sounds like your only parroting half MSM talking points without hitting the gossip rag high points that the small minded love
Which just makes you a climate change alarmist without the actual problem being addressed that we don't develop our own industry or farm our own food an ice age or worse could be here at any moment an f us all up.
Instead people want some kind of unbalanced parity between people who set out to accomplish complex tasks with people who stumbled in off the street because of insert imaginary problem based in nonsense.
Smart and likeable aren't polar opposites, but they're separate things. A lot of 'smart people' I've known were simply more effective at being assholes. It's what you do with it, that counts.
There are three factors, your base IQ, what you choose to spend it on, and what society/circumstance allow.
@@havenbastion so the third one is the biggest problem
The asshole thing is the biggest issue here. I always got the impression that Rick just wants to be an ass because he doesn't want to be vulnerable. He can't even get along with himself.
Being likable does not depend only on you. If you're saying a truth that people don't like, no matter how you say it, people will dislike you.
“i’m not smart. i don’t know enough to understand the universe, but i understand enough to be sad“
I guess this counts for me as well. Maybe its better to be a Jerry than TRYING to become a Rick
The more you learn the less you know.
Sadness is an absorption scheme by which we can apprehend. That frequency multiples the range & connection of your receiver.
Imagine not being smart enough to realise that happiness and sadness is a by product of the brain and that you can control how you feel.
@@farrael004 are you making a joke or something
"We are all puppets, but I'm the only one who can see the strings"
I'll remember that quote my whole life
@@fakename3440 I find that once you accept the fact there are strings, you are more at peace as you can somewhat control the direction those strings are taking you. You'll never escape them, but equally they keep you grounded in reality. You can also see other peoples strings, and stay clear of those strings that could get caught up in your own.
@@TheCoomer yes I've always felt like the reality of our world was controlling us and we were forced to do the same exact thing to survive and I didn't wanna do that. A lot of people don't realise that.
@@fakename3440 Indeed, especially when you can see the divisions caused by the media, Governments. Inner workings of the world, yet no one can see what is in front of their faces.
I think that you cannot change the world, but only try to understand it more.
@@fakename3440 the rat race
This is the first time i've seen nihilism as accurately represented. Good job guys. The universe may be devoid of meaning but that doesnt mean we cannot generate it
I didn't know that others shared my opinion. I thought I was the only person who thought this way.
The way I heard it, it was more like existentialism. Paraphrasing from memory: "Nothing really matters, we're all going to die, come watch TV with me".
The entire concept of 'meaning' is artificial. The question is whether you'd rather generate genuine meaning to life and the cosmos or simply resort to lying to yourself (and perhaps to others).
You gosh darn idiot... optimistic nihilism is an impossible concept.. nihilism is, objectively pessimistic.
@@BadlandSurvivor nhilism isn't inherently pessimistic. It's just reductive. Misassigning a definition like that excuses a fallacy that limits your perspective.
I could describe for you how it is and that it is in my head, but first you need to be able to say "it's possible", and you don't sound ready to do that
I don’t usually leave comments, but this was a seriously interesting, thought-provoking, and well put-together video. Kudos to the creators.
Everyone in the comments: "This is so relatable omg I'm one of the smart ones x3"
Yup. Both the video and the comments are a giant circlejerk.
'The Dunning-Kruger Effect' (and none of us is 'immune').
This should be the pinned comment
I mean, I'm pretty intelligent but I'm not gonna brag about that. Bragging about your intelligence is like bragging about how much silverware you have. Anyone can get more
Tell me about it. I was really depressed due to me being so fucking smart. No I just decided to outsmart myself and be dumb so I could be happy. Gues what! It works.
School is not a place for smart people. It's so true, it's terrifying.
It can be but not in dis time
That’s by design - most schools are conditioning facilities designed to get the offspring of society accustomed to a workplace, not to develop the intellect.
i mean at least 98% of what you learn is a waste, so yeah, it isn't.
The dunning-Krueger effect is strong in these comments
It's the staple of our species. Homo Superbus > Homo Sapiens. Only an arrogant primitive species would title themselves "wisest in the land of simpletons".
The Dunning-Krueger effect is nearing pandemic status around the globe, not just in this comment section. I just had a guy try to convince me the sky is fake. Like on The Truman Show. Man-made. Seemed otherwise not nuts, but he seemed to truly believe some global shadow government is faking...the sky, somehow.
do you know how unpacked the dunning-krueger effect argument is? watch this. If a genuinely smart person knows he is smart---like rick; then wouldnt that dismantle that stupid "effect," right away? i feel like the dunning krueger effect is a black n white effect that people, (like you,) throw around to feel dominant. The only thing rick and morty gets wrong is that smart people have infinite confidence like rick. But in reality they are quite sensitive and just generally intense people. you know how many smart people are doubtful of themselves because of that? they hear arguments like the dunning krueger effect, then believe they are worthless. it may be partly true/applicable in a decent amount of intances, but smart people are already shunned enough by themselves and others, and ironically think they have little potential and believe their talents don't actually exist. so some will identify with the effect out of pure irony. its unproductive to sensitive smart people because they identify and latch onto many things because they are always questioning their reality.
Is it affecting you Galo? Do you think your smart by saying that? Or are you dumb and saying that to make other people as dumb as you do so you don’t feel inferior?
Thanks for the mini existential crisis. But I appreciate the boost in feeling smarter than most.
"Once a mind gets used to seeing the truth it can't go back to sleep"
lol
It’s 1AM where I am at I can’t go to sleep
I hate the fact that I'm just smart enough to know how stupid I am.
Same man, same
For real 🥲
Ironically that makes you a smarter person because you know that there are vast amounts of knowledge out there that are beyond you’re current understanding.
The more you know, the more it becomes apparent you don’t know.
Or you can just realize that the sum total of all knowledge - of the forms and functions in existence is essentially infinite. Ergo no matter how much you are able to grasp, in your brief existence, you'll remain significantly ignorant.
The point isn't some image of being intelligent (compared to what, or whom?). The point is knowing as much as you can to know how interesting it is to have a brief existence.
"smart" by itself is a vague concept. There are many types of intelligence. However, awareness and perception do pave your road ahead
That was very rick of you.
Way to try to sound deep and esoteric but smart is simple it’s problem solving ability. Your talking about wisdom. You can be wise without being “smart”. And you be “smart” without being wise. It’s best when you are both though.
Wow you are ricktastic
While that's technically correct, in this context, they are speaking specifically of logical intelligence, the kind that IQ measures.
@@breadfan_85 that's what I was thinking
The worst feeling in the world is having knowledge but no power.
E N Fitz knowledge is power
@@sid7395 lol nope, ever heard of the cassandra paradox?
You can have the exact knowledge of future and if you don't have sufficient power or resources to act upon it, you'll never be able to change what's coming.
So no kid knowledge is not power. Not in the absolute sense.
@@parikshitrao4208 okay smartass we didn't need that explanation
E N Fitz
Cries in INTP.
Timothy O laughs in ENTJ
Idiocracy: The only movie that started out as a comedy, but ended up as a documentary. Ignorance is bliss to the unawakened, but hell to those that are enlightened.
In the Bhagavatam it's said that there are two kinds of people who are truly happy in the material/temporary world.
1. Is the completely enlightened transcendental soul. (Who, thereby, is and isn't in the material world at the same time).
2. The second is the man whose intelligence is like that of a rock. Dull, dumb, and oblivious.
@Stan Fisher it's probably part joke, part truth, and part exaggeration, because it seriously feels like things are trending that direction.
This is the over-analysis of rick and morty that we all wanted/needed
literally everyone else sucks at explaining what they think ricks dilemma is and his overall arc.... not this vid tho, dis one good
Sometimes I just want someone to talk about the more obvious themes of Rick N Morty. Depression. Immediately, I noticed how depressing the show can be with Rick's nihilistic personality.
Everyone's kind of grown obsessed with the "intelligence" of Rick n Morty but honestly a lot of it seems kind of a stretch at times.
"When smart people get happy they stop recognizing themselves." I have seen this happen WAY too frequently.
I didn't understand that part? Possible to explain?
The idea of smart people being more prone to depression lends itself to being depressed through the majority of your life. If you build your identity based on the personality of the depressed you, then when you're happy it's no longer the self you recognize.
If one were really smart, one would realize that our selves don't really exist -- just a bunch of ideas cooked up by our busy minds. Maybe Rick drinks to avoid the feeling that he doesn't matter.
@@swordoftruth1175 also a possibility. We're kind of going down the existential rabbit hole at this point. Lol
😂😂😂😂 ok.
Not being “smart”, I think it’s about aware people. Who know the truth and who point it out. People just don’t want to hear the truth
I appreciate this insightful analysis! I want to emphasize, though, that the character of Rick is regarded as a “dick” by others not because he’s smart, but because he tramples on every relationship in his life. A person with truly broad and deep intelligence would understand that human beings have evolved as social animals and are therefore governed by certain principles of social interaction. Violate those principles and you will be hated. Leonardo da Vinci was arguably one of the most massively intelligent persons ever born. Observers described him as courteous and reserved. He might not have been understood, but nobody called him a dick. Well, this series is comedy and has to be edgy, so it’s great. But I wish to remind us that being brilliant is not synonymous with being hated.
Inflexible Principals of social interaction which exclude Rick altogether. Moreover, you see how uptight they get around anyone who doesnt fit into their views. Rick is a dick. But he doesnt have much choice.
wish this had gone a bit more into what therapy actually is and how it actually helps people to refute rick’s worldview a little more. there’s NOTHING comfortable about good therapy (other than hopefully the rapport between yourself and your counselor). therapy is supposed to make you confront the emotions and events that make you uncomfortable, and about integrating and transforming that discomfort into growth, healthy development, and *mastery of your own universe*. rick can’t be the master of anything by continuing to drown his inner world with alcohol and run away from all of his problems. sounds like a slave to me
@Natasel why cuz its entertaining?
Ok jerry
Therapy does not work for everyone, and there is such thing as bad therapy and harmful therapy.
Aikaterine Illt i’m not going to use a car that doesn’t run right as an example of a working vehicle am i? why would i mention the bad therapists or problematic therapies that don’t work
@@ladymoe5395 because the fact that people know there are bad cars out there is why we are careful about which ones we pick and are constantly checking to make sure they work. If people assume all therapist are good because they never come across criticism of therapist they will not do the work to make sure they are actually getting good treatment. I’ve heard girls tell me things their therapist said that was terrible advice but because she didn’t even consider that therapist could give bad advice she trusted the advice completely.
i think that rick is jealous of jerry for the ways his level of intelligence or lack thereof allows him to be happy with his life while rick has to go above and beyond to feel something
I think that about right
Jerry is never really happy, he just bumbles along in life and uses people to fulfill his emptiness.
Ignorance is bliss
Nah Rick isn't jealous. He just finds enjoyment out of trolling Jerry cause he allows himself to be a punching bag. I think the writers portrayal of Rick towards Jerry is that he thinks Jerry is a pathetic waste of air. And Rick definitely isn't jealous of Jerry because of his stupidity because Rick is aware that Jerry's stupidity in fact is not bliss. Jerry's life is more of a wreck than Rick's except Jerry is stupid. Its Jerry that is jealous of Rick. Just look back on the episode when morty was building a model solar system and Jerry got offended because morty wanted ricks help instead. Rick finds Jerry dumb and pathetic and thats why he rags on Jerry. Because he's trying to bully Jerry out of the house. He sees Jerry as a leech and wants him gone so he literally fucks with Jerry to not only inflate his dislike for him but he's also trying to get Jerry to leave by constantly screwing with him and unfortunately; Jerry is resilient to adversity since he deals with it constantly and his ignorance and mental gymnastics makes him convince himself to stick around, which, annoys rick more because no matter how much rick tries to mentally destroy jerry he always finds a way to stick around and accepts it while ignorantly ego stroking himself in an effort to fight his insecurities and the harsh truth of reality.
Just 'cause you're smart doesn't mean you have the right to be a jerk. You need some emotional intelligence too. Also, this might seem weird but I personally don't think that saying the truth is always the smartest thing to do. There are times were it is necessary, but if it going to severily hurt someone, a little lie or an omision might be OK.
EDIT: So you guys have been writing a lot of comments about the lying thing and some of them are actually pretty valid. So let me clarify. Maybe you are right. It can be better to say the truth. However the way you deliver it can really matter. You don't need to lie, but there are times where it is preferable to explain the truth with care to others.
The video mentioned this. Intelligence and empathy is the sweet spot. Rick is an asshole.
@@MargieMedina Yet we love him for that
@@aminalizadeh606 Because Rick is written to be entertaining, and we are just outsiders, if you lived/worked with someone like him...
Amelia Sanchez I live by thinking that the least amount of harm should be the choice always, if you can avoid making someone suffer then you should always do that, sometimes it’s imperative but It needs to be justified and be for the grater good, being evil just for the sake of it isn’t acceptable
Amin Alizadeh Indeed! 🤣
I love talking/ interacting with highly intelligent people. It is fascinating how some of them see the world in their day to day life.
If they communicate well, its super interesting and most of the time I can learn something too.
Whats the smartest thing youve heard?The smartest thing ive heard
Perfection exists because intelligence and happiness exists and perfection requires it
to be perfect means to be smart and happy the smartest question is dose perfection exist
???:The World Hates Smart people
Rick:Yeah Its called Jealousy, Welcome To The Real World Genius
Rick doesn't lack emotional intelligence. He's smart enough to know his feelings can be his weakness because he cares so much.
Superman has kryptonite. Rick has family. It's called 'Cognitive Dissonance.'
Wow, I really appreciate that, I would definitely appreciate more comments from someone who knows what ‘Cognitive Dissonance‘ is, I certainly hope you are making such astute observations on other such works filled with ways to visualize thoughts in such ways,?, wow, now that I think back on that, I would like to say you really hit it just rightly,?, you gave me a lot to think about, thank you - - Cognomen
He cares about his family so much he abandoned them in the reality HE screwed up then impersonates the Rick of another reality rather than tell them the truth. The character is cruel, sadistic and evil, but also smart. I think that’s an important issue here
Oké that’s magnificent!’
U got a point bcuz I was gonna add a comment bout how Rick's a blunt Philanthropist in a way... An existentialist... He knows so much truth bout life itself that he wants more ppl to b aware including his family but he knows so much and has a very individualistic idealogy that he thinks he truly knows & can solve everything so it's hard 4 him to compromise wit others ways of thinking..like how he said life's about risking it all & etc I forgot lol.. those words he said hit me deep bcuz as I grew into adulthood I told myself I'd rather live the best, most fulfilling life I can than accept something I can hardly tolerate (everyday society trapped in low paying 9to5 jobs etc. for years/decades) I always felt we have a deeper meaning and purpose and we must find wat truly makes us want to LIVE for something(like painting & designing is my passion & ultimate goal/ Future job) not a 9to5 fast-food joint or Warehouse job, sum ppl may like that & all power 2 you if that's your passion, as long as youre passionate bout it & not depressed bout it & forcing yourself to work it than I'm happy 4 U too! but that's not my playing field lol.. not everyone wants 2 or can b as smart as Rick but he doesn't want u to as u see Morty isn't all like him but he wants ppl to have a true purpose defining them.. I feel Rick tries to get this point across
Rick is a psychopathic.
I love this show. It shows me time and time again that nihilism isn't the way. Even though we're all insignificant, there's peace in knowing that and making the best of this shitty life.
a normal everyday Spider Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
Margie is exactly that waste of molecules that is fine with being irreversibly insignificant
Ypung saveg aint got no portal gun
“Omg guys, did you know that people who think they’re smart aren’t actually smart? Lmao, couldn’t be me. I’m highly intelligent and I know that everyone else who says they’re intelligent are actually idiotic. Haha, I’m so enlightened guys” - literally everyone in this comment section
Yeah they are the same people who hear the words Dunning Kruger and run around using them as proof that they are not under the effect and that others are.
@@arandomperson8285 Probably everyone is in one way or another effected by it, even if you know about it. I think most people just don't want to admit it.
Well the fact is that, the smarter you are the more you know that you don't know. And the dumber you are the more you don't know that you don't know.
Yea but its true
I can tell you, I'm not smart. At the very least, I'm not as smart as Rick. Am I smarter than some people? Statistically speaking, I have to be, but I am also less intelligent than others, to varying degrees on both ends of the spectrum.
"Lost status" = Rick being held accountable for dragging his unwilling grandson to dangerous places.
Haha
I'm totally on board with the video, but that part was bad.
It's a bit like knowing exactly what is wrong and exactly how to fix it, but no one will listen and you don't have the resources to do it yourself. It's like watching the train you are on go wildly out of control, but the emergency brake is in another car you don't have access to, and no one else wants to slow down.
This is genuinely educative. It is amazing that you used used a fictional character and find almost all the material you needed.
“Be Careful Chasing Demons, lest you become one yourself, for when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazed back”
When i gaze into the abyss, the abyss whimpers and turns away, sobbing softly.
@@havenbastion same, except for the fact when that happens it's because I blank out.
The world doesn't hate smart people, but a lot of people do dislike arrogance and condescending behavior.
@Juni Post Yes but it does depend mostly on the tone of which you say something. The way you say something means way more than what you're actually saying.
@Juni Post you're eliminating the very thing that makes someone human we have emotions you're not imputing codes into a computer you're talking to a living breathing human. If you think you can just throw scientific facts at people in a rude tone and not get met with the same energy you have a long empty life ahead of you. I get what you saying because I'm just like you I'm a completely logical person as well but I know human nature and you can never persuade someone with just black and white facts you need to empathize with them. People don't care about being wrong they care about someone trying to embarrass them.
@Juni Post I see... I completely understand and empathize with you. I'm going to sleep now.
Tone and delivery has nothing to do with truth and facts. You can say it however the hell you want as long as what you’re saying is implying truth, nothing more and nothing less.
The truth and emotion maybe different but if you told some the facts with the purpose of making them understand it, emotions and the way you say it means a big deal, and that’s EQ. Think of a formula that you’re trying to solve, if your answer is to tell someone something regardless of them understanding or accepting it, tone and delivery is not a part of the equation. But if you want mutual understanding between parties then don’t neglect emotions.
I 100% believe you not only CAN be nice AND smart, but that it's pretty simple once you realize that more often than not it's smart to be nice. Just kind of removes altruism from the equation.
If You're Actually Smart if You are Being Kind or Nice it's Usually for Others Sake & if it's Not Reciprocated Properly Things Suck & that Can Lead to You to Being Mean the Beet a Smart Person or the Dumb People they Interact with Can Hope for is Balance with Moderate Caring & Detached Indeference as Fewer People Will Be Harmed
Interesting theory about Rick, but his genius as well as other geniuses portrayed in movies and TV is a fictional brand of smarts. In real life no human being could know the entire universe. Everything new we learn about the universe opens up a thousand new questions. This means that truly genius people are constantly being humbled in their inability to keep up. Also it’s said that someone who truly knows a subject on a genius level knows it to the point that they could break it down to a level they could make a child understand. So the idea that a person could be so smart that they just can’t explain it to the peons of the world is a myth.
MadameTamma really, who said that? No one in the world could make an emotional person understand the logic fast enough, the only time these situations are shown in media is when the smart person says there was no other way in a situation, and an emotional person doesn’t believe them, and the emotional idiot would never take the time to listen to why the smart person was right, because deep down they know they were wrong, and they would rather live in blissful ignorance and hate than be an adequate human being, it’s a lot easier to purposely be stupid than to accept you were wrong
Some subjects can not be explained to anyone when talking about something advanced enough, people should just trust in geniuses, but the only reason they don’t is because they are human garbage and jealous
@@DocBrown-tr8hg I didn't say "emotional person". I said a child.
and in most scenarios when someone tries to convince you that "you can't understand a subject because it's too advanced for you" . they're really just trying to get you to think that so you won't ask any follow up questions that they don't want to answer because they don't know the subject as well as they think they do. Princeton University did a study on this, that said people who want to SEEM smart intentionally use a more advanced vocabulary to intimidate others.
True genius can break down their knowledge into simple metaphors and "Picture this scenarios" so that a six year old can at least get the basic gist of it.
MadameTamma a six year old can in no way “get the basic gist” of computer programming or physics, because there’s a difference between kind of explaining it and actually explaining what goes on, and I’m sure they could explain basic things, but not advanced concepts such as what is portrayed in media when the characters a geniuses
Dr. House did show that.
Explaining his knowledge to people who didn’t understand his way of thinking with metaphors.
Somebody told me once that, "intelligence comes with a price." I believe him.
That price is often the inability to form long lasting relationships.
I think every goddamn thing comes with own price; it is literally impossible to understand what you did not experienced, as a result without omnipotence any and every branching of time stream creates an inability understand what is it like to be not yourself. Intelligence and imagination is just poorly devised simulation of most likely scenarios that is depending on your knowledge, life sucks we are all wrong at some point, some of us don't care. It is being incomplete. Therefore as a species we take too much pride in our narrow window.
@@dreamlotus6086 that's not it
@@chavalomiguel5587 I have a I.Q. of 125. The Gifted territory. That has been my experience. What has your experience been? What is the price you have to pay?
@@dreamlotus6086 First 125 is above average, and then everyone's experiences are different from eatch other, some are able to use that intelligence for communication skills some are punished with it, personally I'm a fusion of both, but you can't generalize
This is similar to Crime and Punishment where Raskolnikov had a theory of ordinary and extraordinary people.
"When smart people get happy they stop recognizing themselves." I felt that.
what does that mean?
@@skipperofschool8325 im not sure but i think it’s because they’re used to being pessimistic and worrying about things too much instead of having fun and being happy. Being happy is out of routine for them so they don’t recognise themselves. Might be different tho
@@thethreeamigos2649
Oh ok, thanks
r/iamverysmart
@@sauldogeman2816 right lmao
I wanted to comment, but then I realized would say nothing new, so I wholeheartedly recommend Renegade's Cut very recent video on the same topic, even if just for comparison.
Put the link please, some of us are a little bit lazy to search it.
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Rick's trouble doesn't come from him being a genius but rather from him being a childish narcissist.
Says the person whose one video is about him narcissistically bragging about his house (but yes he is childish)
@@Bleepbleepblorbus We hate most in others that which we see in ourselves.
To me being smart is the ability to judge the level of comprehension of people you’re dealing with so you can place yourself one step upper and so you can sort of dominate intellectually in any situation.
If not intelligence itself I believe it’s at least of form of intelligence, a more social one.
Rick is smart and cruel, and he doesnt have to be. That's why people dont like him. And even then you just have to look at the show's real world fans to see how many people STILL like him.
In contrast, take a character like the doctor from Doctor Who. Intelligent and well-loved because he's kind
Rachel Hes cruel because hes smart. If your smart you would have realized that nothing matters because you arent simple minded and based on some useless goals.
@@kevinzheng7752 Say that to all those scientists that work together to improve lives and society. Being smart doesn't mean you have to be an asswhole, in fact if you really that smart you know being awful to everyone is a huge disadvantage in the long run because that means no one would bother to help you.
@@kevinzheng7752 How naive
Rick and Morty is not for you Karen
Doctors have to be kind because of what kind of profession they choose.
This actually helped my depressed ass more than I thought it would.
Agreed
Contrary to what people may tell you, depressed people may score higher on tests of reality perception, but they are not necessarily intelligent, just perceptive. If you can't overcome existentialism, you're still in your intellectual adolescence. Don't take that as an insult, it just means there is more room to grow. Stagnation would be more insulting. The video narrator mentioned Nietzsche enough times to understand that, but I would recommended Albert Camus as well for any angsty teen.
@@PowerofRock24 so you’re saying 14 yr old emos are smart?
@@Boiled_Cabbage Um, no... that's not even close to what I said. Quite the opposite.
@@PowerofRock24 That actually failed to replicated. Depressed realism is a failed hypothesis as it stands.
It’s sad how people hate people who are genuinely themselves, open minded people, who want to walk a different path from others. Optimistic people,kind people. It’s depressing.
this video will be a hit with edgy 15 year olds
if that's the case, that invalidates it?
also the edgy 15x2 year olds that stay mentally young. i turn 15x2 + 1 next week though
@@rishaa682 you been running around the comment section of this video trying protect your idiot idea of "being smart give me the right to be asshole like rick even tho rick is a fiction charater that suppose to be a cruel and care for no one else for yourself"
It like a 14 years old kid like to brag about they dont believe in jesus because he fake and anyone who believe in him is dumb even tho is one of the way that human evolved overtime and there nothing wrong believing something that is fake if it give you some kind of purpose
@a normal everyday Spider but does saying that god is not real make you 100% smarter then elon musk if he believe in god ?
The truth hurt
But does doing Frankenstein shit on people let you justify by saying (we are just a bunch of walking meat bag that will die one day so i can prefrom illegal surgery on him)
@a normal everyday Spider just because everthing is meaning less and will end one day doesnt stop you from enjoying it the way you like while it last
I mean why do human even evolve to this point if our planet gonna die in 1 billion years
Why do we try to survi from danger if we cant escape death ?
It like wrestle fans knowing wresting is fake but they still love the story of the fight using fake conflict to tell a story between 2 fighter like a movie or book
It's not his intelligence, it's rather the philosophy in which he lives. In his mind he uses science to justify his belief in why nobody else matters.
Exactly, because SCIENTIST=SATANIST... it is the definition of a perceived reality that completely disregards life as being nothing but a pit of bacteria... just because our existence in our physical bodies doesn’t last forever, doesn’t mean that is the end of who we are, and doesn’t mean life has no meaning, in fact it gives life even more value and meaning because our individual selfs will only be in existence for a little while, and that is nothing to cry over, who the hell wants to live forever? What we create here and now is what will live on for the future generations, but in the system/matrix we are all mind controlled slaves. Creating a world in our masters image, so when we “die” there is nothing left but the system, so we truly die because we have not created anything of our own, nothing unique or original or apart of the bigger picture of life/nature... because that is who we truly are, we ARE earth, and we ARE each other... the biggest lie is the eye...
This exactly.
Yes, but also the fact that a lot of people find the intelligence of others inherently insulting, because they feel as if it somehow diminishes their own intellect. If someone is smart, but has a differing opinion than you do, to some that feels like a prod at their intelligence.
It's a complex problem.
BEING A scientist does not equal BEING A Satanist like wtf are saying.
David Gonzalez bro it’s a cartoon .. it’s not that serious hahah weirdo
How can you not be depressed when you see the world destroying itself and have no power to stop it. When the right choices are seen a evil by society.
If you're REALLY smart you get popcorn, and grab a good seat to enjoy the decline.
Just like Rick always says: nothing matters. If you can't do anything about it, stop worrying and just have fun in the time we have left.
@ElderOne TheFifth Google " Dunning Krueger effect" You probably won't get it, but at least I tried.
Yea, earth is a beautiful place and humanity is ugly
Enjoy it with the right people. The right people make it all worth while, and so does God. Because God provides hope that all evil will disappear and his love will conquer.
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
-Socrates
Socrates
@@Pennimal O
Yeah, I know I can only change myself, not everyone around me.
I really appreciated this analysis of the show and these themes! It’s one of my favorites, but isn’t always as easy to dissect like that. Great vid!!
I'm a gifted musician who hides my abilities from the world. People often think I'm slow. Until the day comes that they see that I am the opposite (at least in this arena). Then they treat me as foe. "They hate you if you're clever, but they despise a fool' - John Lennon
This is why intellect of any level, leads to some degree of misery.
You'll constantly have an internal conflict of trying to be humble.
Better to just be dumb really.
@@GameDogLeader21 A wise woman once told me
"Solitude is sultanship"
A sultan was a middle eastern kings.
Being alone you are your own king. Under no obligation to act according to how others think but to how you want thinks for yourself. Being alone does not imply loneliness.
Loneliness is not being able to share your interests and aspirations with others.
So just do whatever you want.
Everyone's opinion is just an opinion like how you said IRS better to be just dumb.
If you're smart and you're alone you'll never know you're smart and will never have anything to disrupt you. You'll always be free. You'll always be a sultan.
@@GameDogLeader21 Tell me about it. I was really depressed due to me being so fucking smart in comparison to other. So I just decided to outsmart myself and be dumb so I could be happy. Gues what! It works.
I am much happyier now since I stopped bothering so much about the world and most people around me. So count me to the dumb but happy people now.
I can relate
Better to play dumb than to deal with stupid people. They will have they own truth anyway.
Why do “smart” people also have to lack emotional intelligence?
Not trying to be edgy here but maybe it’s because they realize it’s unimportant, but in ricks case he has many relationships that he intends to upkeep so I’m not sure why he would view emotional intelligence to be pointless, I’m not sure I guess
Valerie Blackwood incredibly high intelligence is often linked to autism. :)
Isaac Cephus if they were that smart they would realize how important it is to have emotional intelligence in a society
Isaac Cephus I disagree, you can be a genius but you need social skills and emotional intelligence to triumph, charming people are extremely smart because getting people to like you is a skill that’s key to be successful, I see the class President Cheerleader as way more intelligent than the genius loner asshole, the cheerleader will conquer society playing along and charming everyone while the genius will be kicked out and forgotten.
I think more intelligent people look at things more logically than emotionally. They realize that feelings do not change reality, so they tend to reject them. They say things like "the truth doesn't care about your feelings." But like the vid says, these people are not really the smart ones
Thank you for the concept of "universe meat", my perceptions will never be the same again.
🤣🤣🤣..yeah that's a colorful choice of words.
It’s the same concept that in balance or functional ecosystem there more prey then predators or in other words there always more sheep then wolves.
I don't think that it's being smart that causes someone to be miserable, it's:
a) Assuming that other people are not intelligent because they haven't sought out the knowledge that they have. So they begin to resent and dislike other people based on that assumption and they feel alienated from other people when they don't have to.
b) Overthinking
@Michael Whittmann Exactly. but Rick actually is smart, so the Dunning-Kruger effect doesn't apply to him here because he's basically a contradiction to that.
The writers of this video were generalizing the quality of looking down on less smart people and basically saying that the opposite of the Dunning Kruger effect is true based off of Rick's feelings.
what is overthinking though?
I get criticized over this even WITHIN academic settings. Sometimes my class would sigh loudly when I would ask deeper questions about the subject matter. This boggled my mind because these are classes that WE WERE PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to attend and to absorb everything we could. In turn, it created resentment within me towards them.
I think intelligence (or even just simply asking deeper questions) reminds most people of their own inadequecies which infuriates them (they have the potential to do with but it's very difficult due to lack of time, life trauma, lack of confidence). I think it's why rich Elites (best example is Jeff Bezos) seem to have resentment towards the masses and see them as cattle.
@@TheSwordfish009 Well, your class could seem frustrated with you for one of two reasons
1. The class just wants to get out of there,
2. They feel a sense of intimidation, (which would come off as annoyance) because you thought of something they don't even have the capacity to think of, or at least, that they didn't think of first
And by overthinking I just mean thinking so deeply about something you make yourself miserable,
For example if you think about the ills of the world and all the historical institutions that have contributed to them, it could make you miserable. When maybe a less intelligent, or at least less intellectual person, would never think of that, so they get to be happy.
AMEN!
@@TheSwordfish009 i 100% argue with you man.
The age old adage “ignorance is bliss” is true. This is why parents try to keep their kids innocent for as long as possible.
When you say "nothing matters" you have to consider "matters to who?". If something matters to you, then it matters.... to you.
i think the actual point of it all has gone over everyone’s heads. rick is not being rewarded for being smart, he’s being punished for being arrogant and cruel. it would be like saying being old is being rewarded because rick gets punished despite being old. not the point
While praising courage this vid stays safe and avoids politics: a major factor. Most regimes cultivate anti-intellectualism and a suspicion of intelligent people who are not members of the ruling elite. Most ideologies exist to serve the interests of an elite -who do not want smartasses pointing out that the local belief system is a con.
Sometimes I feel like I’m a Rick, other days I’m sadly Jerry
I guess we’re just going to ignore Beethoven, Mozart, Tesla, Einstein, and so much more intelligent individuals that we put on pedestals
Tesla was such a kind soul that he wanted free power for everyone, wasting his life to accomplish that. Rick would consider this man stupid.
did you actually watch the video?
CoalKingRyan actually, a majority of those weren’t on “pedestals” while alive, Tesla wasn’t taken seriously at all, and mozart wasn’t nearly as popular as he is today.
So being good at music = intelligent? There is a difference between talent and intelligence. (Referring to Beethoven’s mediocre intelligence, as I remember Mozart was actually intelligent).
Anubis huh, didn’t know that Beethoven was unintelligent, never really researched into that aspect of him. But yeah, talent in music is different from intelligence; however, great composers generally have a good intellect due to having to understand the fundamentals of music theory what with scales, time signature, crescendos and whatnot. But yes, there are some insanely talented people who can pull a good piece out of their ass.
"In light of all of this, is it even worth going through all the trouble of thinking deeply about existence?"
The problem is we don't really get to pick and choose how are brains thinks, nor the conclusions it comes to.
Sure, we can distract ourselves and even numb ourselves with drugs & alcohol but that only works to a point, and for so long
"The pain that you hold, is the love that you carry."
This also makes sense as to why a lot of psychologists and - especially - philosophers are seen as quite depressed individuals.
To be honest the movie idiocracy is an accurate depiction humanity's true future
Tell anyone here something they don't know
@@Bleepbleepblorbus Ok. Evolutionary pressers make Idiocracy virtually impossible. Intelligence is the number one trait that both sexes look for in a partner, and the Flynn effect has been showing that IQ scores have been rising over the decades.
'You matter so little that I like you.'
I'm so glad I wasn't drinking something when I heard that line.
When you smart, sometimes you can be like a jerry but once your back to being alone especially when your an extrovert... all that just goes away and because your still just a Rick surrounded by Jerry’s. But, you still can find your people who are about as smart and depressed as you.
"Intelligent people are more likely to consume alcohol."
That's it..!!!
Yeah I went through that phase in the 80's.
Consuming alcohol hinders your brain, it makes it less intelligent, that is a true fact ...
All you have to do to know this, is to see that drinking makes you forget random stuff, and forgetting randomly hinders your intelligence because your intelligence is built upon the knowledge from the past.
Also alcohol is toxic, so it's irrational to take
@@m.a.156 I am not a proponent of alc but Tesla drank most days of his life
@@mftoeless1687 Yes, but I believe that Tesla would have been even a smarter inventor if he didn't drink ... he was drinking it believing that it is healthy and would make him live till 150 years old, he lived for 86 years
@@m.a.156 agree with the first part second part maybe lmao if it was someone it was Tesla
I have a degree in philosophy and yet this video made me realize the fact and truth that has escaped me for so long. And that fact is, I need to give in to the universe. My laziness often is rooted in the fact that most tasks bore me unless I view them as a challenge. I've always opted to outsmart my way into shortcuts, especially in school. But now that I've graduated and actually cannot outsmart the simple fact that I have to do my work its been stressing me and causing me discomfort. I just want to learn all day. But we are slaves to the universe as much as we are a masters of it. We're in a bargain with the universe, there is give and take. It's given us life, and in return we must be its meat to eat for a good portion of our lives. I submit. And I'm okay with that. Because it is truth.
School means nothing money means nothing ur college degree doesn’t make u intelligence
@@ejigthompson4645 ignorance ^
In my point of view to be truly smart you should always question and challenging what is real.
You don't have to be smart to be evil, but you need to be smart to be effective.
A smart person creates a highly developed mechanism to sort out empty cardboard boxes. A wise person puts a strong Fan beneath.
The thing about him "losing" to Jerry in season 3, is ironic for two reasons. One: Jerry was never fighting to begin with. And two: Rick was out smarted by EMOTIONAL intelligence.
Beth was terrified. She did not know if she was real or not, and if she was just a side mom to one who abandoned her children, who could be destroyed and replaced upon "waking up." When she went to Rick about this, he flippantly told her "whatever" and reminded her if she was a clone, she was dead upon becoming self aware. This made her spiral more and panic, and cry. And Rick never cared.
Jerry on the other hand, when she came to her just.... sat her down and talked to her. She offered him FULL RANGE of her body to use her until he was sure and all he did was tell her when he fell for her...and the only thing he took was a small, panicked, peck on the lips. And it was through that she accepted that even though she did not know if she was "the original." She was still alive. And she mattered and was loved/ cared for. Which is what she needed.
Jerry's ability to emphasize with Beth, listen to her and help find a solution to make her and the kids feel safe, brought the family back together. His time away from the family made him better. Him coming back has improved the family already.
People hate Jerry and call him pathetic. But unlike Rick he has the ability to meet the emotional needs of those he loves. Being smart does not give you the excuse to be a bully. And Rick was abusive and a bully for too long.
I would say Rick's behaviour fits that of a chronic alcoholic...
Yes but the point is from Rick's perspective it isnt "bullying" its just a fact of lofe that it didnt matter either way. That's what ppl call "the curse of the intelligent", they arent consumed by emotions as much as reality. Like sociopaths pretty much.
This video makes me consider it feeds into the mythos if tortured genius. That being smart or extraordinary destination you to being misunderstood, mental health problems and poor interpersonal relationships.
This wideo is 20 minutes long, but it feels like eternity.
Counterpoint: Renegade Cut's own excellent video essay on how people mistake cruelty for intelligence.
I dont know, this seems like a r/iamverysmart driven video
Deedee Dan I was thinking the same thing. That’s one of the things I don’t like about that theme of the show, it seems more like arrogance than intelligence. You’ll find that there are plenty of smart people in many places, it’s not just a few people
yeah this doesn't go into the fact that rick is basically just dan harmon, who is pathologically terrified of the idea that he messes up and hurts people, constantly drinks, and builds walls to protect himself from that idea. he's used to feeling under attack, and it's easy to say that it's because he's smart and people don't understand him
I appreciate people like you in the comment section providing validation for the author and creator of this video.
Exactly
Sorry but you have the right to be arrogant if you back up that arrogance, you aren’t being arrogant if you truly are the best at something. Rick isn’t “acting” as if he’s constantly above everyone, he IS above everyone, he knows everything and has the power to destroy the universe
One man's dumb person is another person's genius.
There are so many that confuse knowledge with intelligence.
Best comment...
Even tho, normally intelligence comes with curiosity thus u have thirst of knowledge
I can't believe how well your words resonate to who I am. The struggle is real.
Please do character studies for the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Mean Girls!!!!!
Jadzia Wynter could they do Dr. Strangelove?
They already have an analysis for regina george
"Rick and Morty shows us that it doesn't pay to be smart". Na chick, social media does that.
it's tough sometimes.. intelligence is an experience that many have to enjoy alone.. I would love to share this vid with someone but I don't know many who would enjoy it...
I should come back and listen to this when I'm having my existential crisis.
To be intelligent is to be perpetually depressed.
You know it’s interesting you say that because when people come to me about feeling depressed I’ve often said back to them well “ I feel perpetually depressed “ thanks for validating this!
yes
Contrary to what people may tell you, depressed people may score higher on tests of reality perception, but they are not necessarily intelligent, just perceptive. If you can't overcome existentialism, you're still in your intellectual adolescence. Don't take that as an insult, it just means there is more room to grow. Stagnation would be more insulting. The video narrator mentioned Nietzsche enough times to understand that, but I would recommended Albert Camus as well for any angsty teen.
depressive for sure yea
Rick is able to see things in a different way and hes trying to enlighten the people around him.
Oh yeah, I experienced that growing up. My mother once declared that I was "As Curious As A Zoo Full Of Raccoons" I took that to heart, because I have an incurable curiosity to discover how things worked... Which lead me to build some very " interesting stuff in my 20's causing my friends to call me a "Mad Scientist"
(Which I would counter with "No, I am just a mildly perturbed scientist,) it was my way of coping with the everyday stupidity on public display....
For the record, some of my projects worked, and some... Experienced a "rapid unscheduled deconstruction"
Fun times!
The one takeaway from all this would be: when working with high frequency voltages, don't get distracted by your girlfriend when she walks into your "Lab" unannounced. The results can be... Shocking!
Are you gonna make video about Parasite?
Hell yeah. That movie rocks
I need that in my life.
Intelligence isn’t being a Rick, it’s knowing you’re a Jerry.
Knowing its half the battle GI JOE
That’s what a Jerry would say.
I think intelligence is being Morty
Not bragging, I was labeled a genius as a kid, now I am an alcoholic emotional wreck of neuroses in a human costume in my 30s.
@Ni ix no, just being honest
Stop sucking on the bittersweet juice of selfloathing and see a therapist, please.
Hey! Same here. Just 24.
5:07 As a smart person, I can say this is a huge misrepresentation I face constantly. Therapy isn't boring because it's mundane (in that it is talking about normal people things and they don't interest me), but much to the contrary it is boring because it's mundane (in that it is talking about normal people things that I have already tackled in far less time than normal people take to tackle these issues, leading me to get bogged down in other people's slow comprehension of my much more rapid progress through these challenges). All too often my struggles are that I recognize a problem that most people face, but that very few of them recognize; and all too often others mistakenly believe my problems to be similar problems more commonly experienced by normal people, problems which I have overcome long ago.
It is true that being intelligent will make you less satisfied with the world. But being less intelligent doesn't make the world better, it just makes you less aware of how much it hurts you in ways that it never had to. You're still hurt, you just have nothing to be angry at. I wouldn't give up my intelligence for anything.
Life is like getting beat up by an invisible hand. Intelligence is like being able to see the hand, and knowing that the only way to defend against it is with the collective effort of a lot of people, most of whom refuse to believe that the hand exists.
Recommended reading: Flowers for Algernon
@@morecurlsmoregirls6586 Right, because nobody whoever claimed to be smart actually was. There are no smart people in the world. Everyone has exactly 100 IQ.
@@morecurlsmoregirls6586 That's how I usually do, but it was relevant to my point. How am I going to talk about the experiences of smart people if I'm not one? I don't see what's so confusing about this concept. But just the same, I feel like the rest of the passage (which you allegedly didn't read) does plenty to demonstrate my intelligence.
@CCP What, am I supposed to avoid mundane shows and exclusively peruse more intellectual content? Look at the world I live in; I'd have almost nothing to watch!
Excuse me for stumbling across a stupid RUclips video and then joining the discussion. I guess I may as well just drop off the face of the planet because I don't have any friends in my intelligence range.
*"If our “smart” people make essays online about Rick and Morty we’re fcked."*
We are "fcked", I know for a fact you're bright enough to see that much.
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Honestly, if my intelligence was the average, we wouldn't have these massive problems all over the world. But given how low the average is, we're going to need people much more creative than I am, in order to find solutions that really make significant headway within the span of our lives.
But really? Progress is slow but basically certain. Things will get better on the scale of hundreds of years. That trend has held true for tens of thousands of years, and it's not about to end.
It is not true that being intelligent makes you less satisfied with the world. Intelligence correlates with life satisfaction. This is the anti-truth.
Suggested reading. Scientific papers on this subject.
@Philosophy of freedom Neither do I. I'm not using particularly big words.