Off Topic OLOF's political thread

Context LL. He was lampooning you, though I’m sure no malice was intended.

 

https://curiousmindmagazine.com/5-habits-stupid-people-smart-people-dont/

 

Nope that was a dodgy link mate the computer didn't like that one at all

 

1. Only Stupid People Have To Be Right All The Time

When it comes to dealing with conflict, intelligent people are able to empathize with their opposing partner and look at the situation from their point of view. They listen to their partner’s arguments and are open to change their own opinion if needed.

Contrary, stupid people can argue forever and will not change their opinion even if the other person has very valid arguments. Plus, stupid people cannot notice when the other person happens to be more competent and more intelligent than them.

In psychology, this is called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It happens when less competent people overestimate themselves and their abilities while underestimating the skills and the intelligence of others. This term was coined by the psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in 1999. They noticed in their research studies that ignorance leads to confidence more than knowledge does.

According to Dunning: “If you’re incompetent, you can’t know you’re incompetent.… [T]he skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is.”

However, this does not mean that intelligent people assume that everyone else is right. Intelligent people analyze the arguments first and try to be objective before deciding what is right and what is wrong.

2. Stupid People Blame Others For Their Own Mistakes

A smart, professional, and genuine person would never cast blame on somebody else for their own mistakes. A truly intelligent person is one who is responsible and takes their mistakes seriously.

Stupid people, on the other hand, are not able to take the blame for their mistakes. They prefer others to pity them rather than admit they made a mistake. And they would cast the responsibility for their mistakes to others whenever possible.

“It’s never a good idea to cast blame. Be accountable. If you had any role — no matter how small — in whatever went wrong, own it. The moment you start pointing fingers is the moment people start seeing you as someone who lacks accountability for his or her actions,” said Travis Bradberry, the author of the bestseller “Emotional Intelligence 2.0.”

Moreover, a neurological studyconducted by Jason S. Moser found that the brain of intelligent people responds differently when dealing with mistakes. In other words, smart people tend to accept and learn from their mistakes which is not the case of less intelligent people.

3. Stupid People Ignore The Feelings And Needs Of Others

Intelligent people are empaths at heart. They do not dismiss the feelings and opinions of other people. This quality makes smart people able to understand different points of view and look at a situation from different angles.

Russel James, a professor at Texas Tech University, analyzed over 1,000 Americans and found out that smarter people were more likely to give something without expecting anything in return as opposed to less intelligent people. It turns out that intelligent people, indeed have a stronger understanding of the needs and emotions of other people and are more inclined to help them.

Less intelligent people, on the contrary, cannot imagine that anyone could have a different opinion than them – and they dismiss it instantly. Plus, the concept of giving without expecting something in return is foreign to them.

Let’s be honest: Everyone is selfish from time to time. However, the important thing is that we try to find a balance between following our pursuits and remaining considerate to other people’s emotions and needs.

4. Stupid People Are Aggressive When Dealing With Conflict

It is human to get angry from time to time. Even the intelligent people are not immune to anger. But, they’ve learned how to control their emotions and accept them – even the negative ones. Even if they experience a negative emotion, they won’t let that emotion to get the best of them.

Less intelligent people, however, get angry and aggressive every time when things are not going their way. They use aggression and anger to secure themselves and their position every time when they feel like they are not in control over a situation or a person.

Researchers from Michigan’s University found that aggressive behavior is directly correlated with lower IQ.

“We hypothesized that low intelligence makes the learning of aggressive responses more likely at an early age, and this aggressive behavior makes continued intellectual development more difficult,” they wrote in their paper.

5. Stupid People Think They Are Better Than Anyone Else

Smart people are not afraid of competition. They try to help others and inspire them to be the best versions of themselves. Intelligent people have high levels of self-esteem, and they share their knowledge with others selflessly.

Stupid people, on the other hand, try to look better than others. They would even try to manipulate and badmouth other people for their selfish purposes. They are judgmental people, full of prejudices, and they think they are better than anyone else.

One Canadian study found that people with low IQ are more likely to be homophobic, racist, and prejudiced.

 

That’s the filter Eric. People with low IQ see a dodgy link. Those with high IQ get to see the text quoted above

 

Have to say, that when I first read that article, it genuinely made me realise I was more stupid than I thought.

Not as stupid as Eric obviously, but pretty thick nonetheless

 

I forget who said it (Einstein maybe?) but someone said that Madness was doing the same thing repetitively and expecting a different result. How many times is Mrs May going to push her agenda for a deal? "Dunning/Kruger effect Pts #3 and#5"?

 

Err ok probably best you think that

 

None at all, I actually quite enjoy LL’s contributions even though they are always (OK, usually) bollox

 

Sheep like 20 are incapable of independent thinking LL, they see themselves as the ubermensch when in fact they are useful idiots

 

So I’m useful?

That’s an improvement, thanks

 

FFS LL you sure know how to fish, let a few out of your keep net, they are only tiddlers.

 

LL the jeremy wade of 606

 

Ah! That'll be the problem, than. People with low IQs like Captain Jackboot wouldn't realise that.

 

The Ideology of peace showing their fascist peacefull ways in Oldham against the TR campaign.

Idiots can't comprehend they're increasing TR's support and votes for MEP.

People did the same thing to Enoch Powell, and he's been well and truly justified.

Lucy Brown goes through it.

A Pakistani stands up for TR.........TR racist, really!!

 

He wasn't lampooning Milky, he called the Polish untermensch, that's not lampooning, and he put it in the context he intended it to be.

 

Don't like replies. do you Eccers.

 

I watched Jeremy Wade's program a lot Olof, I watched to see what monsters he pulled out the water....

 

It must be my alt-right side !

 

Now now Milky, ref point 3 in the linked article