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Smart people are good at talking themselves into things. And a lot of the time smart isn't the only thing going on. How many 'smart' people will tell you covid is over?
One more thing to add is intelligence =/= morality.
Sure, it’s cathartic to call chuds stupid, but in real terms never underestimate chuds. Even with capital they still run circles around us in the culture wars.
i'm not convinced there is much of a "general intelligence". there's things you're good at and things you're bad at. if you're good at aviation and physics, it doesn't automatically translate to being good at social analysis. if anything, it's the opposite because a lot of those people don't want to know what they're doing to others