Virtual Ignorance?

One major factor with regard to overall ignorance is the level of interest.

Among people who consider themselves 'true' heavy metal fans, the casual comments of someone who likes all kinds of music without specific preference may sound ignorant (to them). Likewise, another group may listen to Both kinds of music: country AND western. Yeehaw! Ignorance in such cases, might be decrying the state of everyone else's ignorance.



I still wonder who creates valid IQ tests. The smartest person in the world? If so, how did he identify himself? Or maybe lots and lots of dumb people wrote the first test? Perhaps a dolphin makes them?

Besides, what's so great about being smart anyway? The smartest human in the world still could be stuck digging open-air toilets in Bangladesh or something. And if this person truly were smart, they would realise the pointlessness of materialism and just keep on digging...

LOL!

On the other hand.



http://www.randomhouse.com/features/wisdomofcrowds/

Very important point with regards to Second Life. I am artistically challenged, I have never been able to draw. Someone with lower IQ than me could produce a piece of beauty way beyond the bounds of my capabilities. Now I could probably hire the said person and make money off their back but that doesn't remove the fact that they can do something that is beyond my reach and that is part of the beauty of Second Life.

Is a hypothetical question actually a question; if not, does it not require a question mark; and do parenthetical phrases require the same adherence to normal grammmatical rules as fully formed sentences?

Pep (Interesting questions but not of relevance to the OP)

Absolutely! Intelligence and knowledge are two completely separate things. Having knowledge in something doesn't necessarily make you an intelligent person nor does having intelligence necessarily mean you have knowledge in something.

Intelligence is not necessarily based on knowledge nor lack thereof. It is based on other parameters such as being able to solve problems in the most logical sense for one example.

In order: yes. N/a. Yes.

Any other questions?

Smart people actually realise that there are no stupid people.

Um... good question. I think LittleMe's point was that there are probably as many less smart people in the world as more smart ones.

... but the less smart ones are *really* less smart?

This post demonstrates quite conclusively most of the deficiencies of dumbness.

Suffice it to say that I deprecate the arguments of anyone who can not present those arguments in a coherent and cogent fashion, which might demonstrate some degree of respect for their potential audience.

Pep (Poor spelling, other than in extreme circumstances, reveals inadequacies of concentration, competence and commitment; intelligence is almost irrelevant)

Don't forget grammar!

I disagree . . .

Pep ( . . . but respect your right not to be right)

Well, you'd have to. Otherwise, how could you live with yourself?

As you know, I never forget grammar. It did not feature in the quoted poster's argument, however, and as a consequence I left discussion for a future time, if necessary.

Pep (I am less draconian about grammar in a forum context)

According to some philosophies the ego mainly wants to reassure itself of its own existence and independence. The "otherness" of everything that isn't the ego is more important than any perception of the ego's superiority.

Quite easily.

Pep (A psychometric evaluation of my rl personality concluded that I was "extremely comfortable with ambiguity"

Just me, in my previous careers, you get used to poor spelling and poor diction and learn to take it as a grain of salt. I can chat well with people from other countries on SL whose first language is not English or those trying to communicate in English on SL with broken English. Since it was a large part of my career, I'm used to it and bothers me not. Nor do I feel I have the need to make perfect sentences on a message board. Again, life is short. I worked for doctors for crying out loud who can't spell for beans, not to mention most doctors in America now are foreigners without English being their first language and most of them sounded like they just arrived off the slow boat from China. The very slow one. Most cannot spell and medical documents ARE legal documents so medical documents are of great importance compared to a message board. Oh how I had to cover their arses so many times and be under paid! lol

That sounds useful.



How would I know that? Are you confusing me with someone else?

I actually like this post a lot Butch. Did you make that up or is that a famous quote?

I think it's great.

Wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, coolness - related but different qualities which are all going to vary from person to person and situation to situation.

I am not sure how your post relates to that of mine you quoted.

Pep (Are you saying that a dumb person is better placed to understand other dumb people?)

HHmm Interesting.

Marilyn Vos Savant would probably not seem too smart to the locals if she suddenly found herself trying to survive deep in the Amazonian jungle. Although she might do better than less "smart" equally foreign others.

I made it up, actually.

It's surprising what can be done, when your mother rings and wakes you up, then yabbers on endlessly. I get some of my best work done, whilst I "uh-huh", etc.