Stupid Doesn’t Work Anymore

Tom Tomorrow on the reign of the stupid people

- Edger on August 6, 2008 at 00:14
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“It’s not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you.”

–Frank Zappa
- NLinStPaul on August 6, 2008 at 03:23
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- YippieAgain on August 6, 2008 at 18:22
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supposedly the curve is the classic bell shape with even distributions on either side of “average”.

(Over)Simplified, this means half of all the people one has contact with are of below average intelligence. That explains a lot doesn’t it?

Further, if one is extremely intelligent, say in the top 5%, that just means 95% of the population has no fucking clue what the hell they’re talking about.

No wonder communication is so difficult… especially with ‘wingers and McBush supporters.
- cassiodorus on August 6, 2008 at 21:23
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of when they were such great optimists about the power of stupidity to change the world: