The intellectual yet idiot

Skybird · 11-19-16, 04:18 AM

Sweet read by a brilliant and very angry man.

https://medium.com/@nntaleb/the-inte...t-13211e2d0577

I am so totally and completely sick and tired of this species that I turn outright aggressive immediately when they find me, since I just cannot stand them anymore, but they are all over the place today. Not only can you not avoid them - the consequences of what they are doing find you, and make you pay. And when they make you pay, they always pose in the most condescending, rightous manner.

Being uneducated and being stupid, are two very different things. I saw many uneducated people in my life who nevertheless were intelligent, sometimes very much so, and I also see many people who call a highly prestigious education their own - and still are as dumb and as dull as an empty banana skin.

Brexit, Trump and the growing hostility towards the EU, must be seen and can be explained in light of this text.

Lebanese Nichloas Taleb is a famous philosopher and writer, amongst other books author of "The Black Swan", which I know. I definitely recommend to read it. The text I linked above is an extract from "Skin in the Game".

em2nought · 11-19-16, 10:52 AM

Sort of like moving down south and being place in "their" school's gifted program? ...But is there anyone there qualified to run a gifted program? LMAO

...or being given an intelligence test and told you'd have probably scored even higher if you could have better understand the administrators heavy southern dialect.

Eichhörnchen · 11-19-16, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Being uneducated and being stupid, are two very different things. I saw many uneducated people in my life who nevertheless were intelligent, sometimes very much so, and I also see many people who call a highly prestigious education their own - and still are as dumb and as dull as an empty banana skin.

My father-in-law always expressed this same view; before retirement he was a fish-farm manager and pioneered certain breeding processes which earned him great credits. He went from the bottom up in his career, starting as a lowly water-bailiff, and he was always irritated by the university educated types he came into contact with at work or at conferences, who he said nevertheless seemed to display not a scrap of common-sense.

Onkel Neal · 11-19-16, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

Sort of like moving down south and being place in "their" school's gifted program? ...But is there anyone there qualified to run a gifted program? LMAO

...or being given an intelligence test and told you'd have probably scored even higher if you could have better understand the administrators heavy southern dialect.

So, you don't have a high opinion of the people in the south part of the US?

August · 11-19-16, 05:34 PM

em2nought · 11-20-16, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

So, you don't have a high opinion of the people in the south part of the US?

No, I just don't have a high opinion of the education system K-12 in the south. I'm not super fond of Rednecks though.

Onkel Neal · 11-20-16, 08:04 AM

You better be glad our PC Police only get involved when people are racist against Muslims, blacks, and gays or you would be in big trouble, mister.

Oh wait, millions of Southerners are black, Muslim and gay....

u crank · 11-20-16, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

No, I just don't have a high opinion of the education system K-12 in the south. I'm not super fond of Rednecks though.

Define Redneck.

Oberon · 11-20-16, 08:13 AM

Huh? Sorry, that's outside of my jurisdiction, you'll need to contact the PC Police for that area.

MaDef · 11-20-16, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

No, I just don't have a high opinion of the education system K-12 in the south.

You never had to deal with California's public school system I take it.

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Originally Posted by u crank

Define Redneck.

The term redneck is a derogatory term chiefly used for a rural poor white person of the Southern United States.

Onkel Neal · 11-20-16, 10:13 AM

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Huh? Sorry, that's outside of my jurisdiction, you'll need to contact the PC Police for that area.

No, I think if someone made a similar post about a "raghead" you would have parachuted right in.

Oberon · 11-20-16, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

No, I think if someone made a similar post about a "raghead" you would have parachuted right in.

Oh yeah, that's my jurisdiction, I don't handle rednecks, yeehawdists or cleetus, that's another department. You'll have to ring them. Besides, they're usually armed anyway so don't need protection from words.

Onkel Neal · 11-20-16, 12:04 PM

So you admit you discriminate? Interesting.

Oberon · 11-20-16, 12:40 PM

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So you admit you discriminate? Interesting.

I'm a Politically Correct Policeman, not a Personal Computer Policeman.

nikimcbee · 11-20-16, 01:54 PM

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Define Redneck.

Commie with a rash?

11-19-16, 04:18 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,604 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The intellectual yet idiot Sweet read by a brilliant and very angry man. https://medium.com/@nntaleb/the-inte...t-13211e2d0577 I am so totally and completely sick and tired of this species that I turn outright aggressive immediately when they find me, since I just cannot stand them anymore, but they are all over the place today. Not only can you not avoid them - the consequences of what they are doing find you, and make you pay. And when they make you pay, they always pose in the most condescending, rightous manner. Being uneducated and being stupid, are two very different things. I saw many uneducated people in my life who nevertheless were intelligent, sometimes very much so, and I also see many people who call a highly prestigious education their own - and still are as dumb and as dull as an empty banana skin. Brexit, Trump and the growing hostility towards the EU, must be seen and can be explained in light of this text. Lebanese Nichloas Taleb is a famous philosopher and writer, amongst other books author of "The Black Swan", which I know. I definitely recommend to read it. The text I linked above is an extract from "Skin in the Game". __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 11-19-16 at 04:27 AM.

11-19-16, 10:52 AM	#2
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sort of like moving down south and being place in "their" school's gifted program? ...But is there anyone there qualified to run a gifted program? LMAO ...or being given an intelligence test and told you'd have probably scored even higher if you could have better understand the administrators heavy southern dialect. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage! Last edited by em2nought; 11-19-16 at 10:58 AM. Reason: elaborate

11-19-16, 05:34 PM	#5
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-20-16, 08:04 AM	#7
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	You better be glad our PC Police only get involved when people are racist against Muslims, blacks, and gays or you would be in big trouble, mister. Oh wait, millions of Southerners are black, Muslim and gay.... __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	So you admit you discriminate? Interesting. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-20-16, 08:13 AM	#9
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Huh? Sorry, that's outside of my jurisdiction, you'll need to contact the PC Police for that area.