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It's strange... In real life, I'm the computer genius, who knows how to do things my friends, family, and strangers haven't even heard of. But here and on Elekk, I feel like a nitwit compared to people like @squirrel and @noelle.
Even stranger, even though I take pride in my intelligence (despite my severe mental health issues), and calling me "stupid" is a near-unforgivable insult, I'm fine being the relative moron. Maybe I like being around people smarter than me.
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Actually... if I became the dumbest person in the world, without actually losing ANY intelligence, that would probably get us a lot closer to an ideal world.
The first positronic (or similarly-capable) brain would be invented in a week. R. Daneel Olivaw would exist a decade from now, and the human population would be down to 5 billion via voluntary (not even government-sponsored social programs, and definitely no laws about it) reduced procreation.
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@Terxbor I don't think society's problems are because of lack of intelligence...
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@lizardsquid
At least some of them are, definitely. (One such problem, the current U.S. President. Another, the current Filipino President.)
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@lizardsquid
Yeah, because evil doesn't come from stupid. Evil and hate exist no matter the intelligence of the people.
But a smarter populace is better equipped to properly handle all those problems. (Of course, on average, the bad guys would be a lot smarter too.)
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@Terxbor I think a lot of our current problems would still be problems, even if someone else was the US president