The problem is stupidity. No question about it. Humans are too stupid, in general to be in charge of the amazing technology and weaponry they have developed.
How does that happen? Geniuses develop the stuff. Regular people, who don't have a clue, are controlling it. That is not a good thing.
Iran will have nukes if we don't watch out. They didn't 'develop' them. They are buying (and stealing) the results of the work of foreign geniuses.
So we'll have primitive mental deficients in control of nuclear bombs.
The intelligence of the human population falls into a range that is represented as a "bell curve". On a graph, the line starts at the bottom curves up in the shape of a bell until it reaches its apex (where the clapper would be attached) and mirrors the ascent as it moves back to the bottom of the chart.
The result is a curved line in the shape of a bell. The low, flat, flared sections on the left and right extremes represent the severely retarded and geniuses respectively, the exact center point on the curve is the Mean, the precise center between the two extremes. One half of the population falls above the Mean in IQ...we might say 'above average in intelligence'...and fully one half of the population falls below the Mean...or 'below average in intelligence'.
Think about that: Fully ONE HALF of the human population is "below average in intelligence". If you think about it for a moment, this is perfectly obvious, of course—given the definition of MEAN and AVERAGE. But if you've never really given it much thought in this context, it's a rather disquieting revelation.
That being the case, and this being a democracy....the implications really are rather staggering.
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2 months ago
don't conflate Mean (arithmetic average) and Median (50% above/50% below)- they're only the same if the distribution is not skewed. The assumption is that IQ is symetrically distributed about the median...however, there is a lower bound (zero) but is there an upper bound? If not it is likely skewed right...which means that the mean could be higher than the median and MORE than 50% of people are below Average......oh no!
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I remember many years ago something Dr. Laura said: we have enough smart people; we need more good people.
ReplyDeleteUtopians have always been led by the belief that the "smart" people, aka "the best and brightest" should rule and for the most part, they have. What a wonderful world the smart people have created.
Despite my IQ, I have never considered myself worthy of being a "god" and I have no desire to be "god-like". Would I be a better leader than someone not quite as smart? Maybe, maybe not.
I think it would be a mistake to fall into the IQ trap. Dr. Laura's words are as true today as they were 30 years ago. The issue is not intelligence but good versus evil.
True enough. But in my experience smart people are generally less easily led down the road to perdition by illogical arguments and strictly emotional appeals.
ReplyDeletePerhaps that's because the "smart" people I know are also well-educated (not just graduates of indoctrination centers) and that helps too.