@Bit111111 @pomatious @nosilverv 100%! pop culture both overrates the value of intelligence and then copes via negative stereotypes of evil antisocial geniuses & loser unattractive nerds such that it's difficult to talk about without inviting a pile-on of "intelligence isn't all that important" & etc
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Reply · Jul 17, 2023yeah sigh, as a vegan.... I see a lot of equating intelligence w moral worth, as a way of excusing how we treat less intelligent species...Reply · Jun 18, 2024@earnestpost 🤣 yeah it is a test of certain cultural knowledge not intelligenceReply · Jul 21, 2025@_Pa0la___ do you get enough information from everyday interactions to judge? some ppl are trying really hard to signal "genius" and other ppl aren't,…Reply · Aug 28, 2022@chaosprime 🤣 love this response… the question originated w someone telling me they’re not the same at all and that intelligence is the least…