James Rhodes proposed question on why I think so much of intelligence, and refer to as silly. This is no new phenomenon so I will answer seriously. Actually, many other times people and also friends have asked me "why you care so much about IQ", referring to this utterance as quite totalitarian and possibly fascist. I have two answers to this:
1. The problem with fascism is violence, not that it rightly points out that society must be strictly engineered and also have a hierarchy where intelligent people tell others what to do.
2. The problem today is stupid people. So much happen because people not think enough. Bin Laden and fascist (yes!) friends bombs buildings, programming errors introduced because sloppy design (read up on anti-patterns before beginning), teachers say wrong things and what not. Why I should accept this?
The last question is pointed. I am a formal and serious person, which is nothing wrong. When others make mistakes I point it out and the world as whole becomes better. Still I get complaints for being "surly" as some say here. I find this all very annoying and angry.
Friday, September 29, 2006
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