Comment on Assuming a button that, every time you push it, your intelligence goes up. The obvious and sane thing to do is to push the button all day. Yes? No? Maybe? Is there something that I'm missing here?

GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Mbourgon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Extended warranty? How can I lose?!” “Perfect”

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• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There is, but it’s not a button

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• dope@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So you think stupidness makes you happy? I gotta say I disagree.

  I mean it’s intelligence that keeps you from trying to eat rocks. Eating rocks clearly leads to unhappiness.

  Maybe we’re talking about 2 different kinds of intelligence.

  I’m talking about “understand all the things” (mind, body, emotions, etc) type intelligence.

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  • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you’re stupid you’re not going to notice the world burning down around you. Blissful ignorance.

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’d need to hit that sweet spot, especially right now

      It’s easy to take advantage of someone who doesn’t know any better, and part of that manipulation (especially recently) is trying to get people angry and upset.

      I’d rather know enough to not fall for it

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    • Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So dumb people don’t suffer from being stupid? You really must be hitting that button. In my experience stupid people suffer the most, unless they are also rich af.

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      • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Many don’t, if you’re talking like bottom 10% yeah, shoot for bottom 25% instead.

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  • GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.”

    If the button increases capacity but not the actual things you know, then I’d say pushing the button would drive you kind of batty rather than improve any measurable quality of your life. Better to be stupid and happy.

    If it gave me answers to the secrets of the universe and the means to use them then I would absolutely bash the button. Let me accelerate the development of society through affordable space travel, cures for all diseases, and convincing eli5 arguments that bring peace to the world.

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