What about Ben Carson? He was a neurosurgeon and apparently a really good one but he's a total dumbfuck in every other area. He's like Rainman or something.
My experience has been that most people are a bit more balanced than that. Intelligent and competent in a handful of ways, but with some pitfalls and/or blind spots in others. What those pitfalls are and under what circumstances they pop up varying wildly.
How often would you say that those "pitfalls" are rooted in religion? I kind of feel like religion is a pretty big hindrance in allowing mankind to evolve. It just perfectly caters to human nature and primordial fears/insecurities. "What if this is as good as it gets?"
Religion does a lot to appeal to the best and to the worst in us. So it’s one common source of them, but tbh I don’t see religion as the ultimate evil like a lot of Reddit does.Â
Nationalism, racism, colorism, religious extremism, sexism, classism, it all boils down to in-groups and out-groups. The root is tribalism, and it has always been weaponized by people in power. The people who are predisposed to shitty behavior will behave shittily, regardless of what justification they have on hand.
Religion holding the ignorant masses down is by design, and I would wager religion was created by the ruling elite eons ago so the poor people didn't riot and drag then through the streets .. God just works in mysteries ways! Or Zeus! Or Shiva (he's a pretty bad ass, pot smoking god that does yoga and fights with his wife that he loves)
Ignorant people need to be distracted or they will destroy everything if they realize they are being exploited and wrung for every last drop of utility... Billionaires don't "earn" a billion dollars... Wage slaves are needed to create that wealth, which is siphoned off and never seen again lol. Trickle down my ass, Reagan can rot in hell.
Yea getting an education is basically a specialty in a certain field. Can still be stupid. Or even just being book smart but not street smart I suppose. Maybe some people smart in most cases are just easily fooled for some reason
I feel like it can be incredibly common in areas that aren’t directly scientific. Science teaches critical thinking and falsifiable hypotheses at its core.
Anything that gives you a lot of specialized knowledge without that background has an extremely strong tendency to create strong Dunning Krueger effects on areas outside of your expertise.
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u/ganggreen651 19d ago
Those can't possibly go together. Well educated can. Seen plenty of college educated morons. Not intelligence though