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Assuming a button that makes you smarter, the only smart move is to press it.
Submitted 4 weeks ago by rainrain@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
veniasilente@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
There is a non-zero chance that if you press it, you become smarter enough to realize you shouldn’t have pressed it…
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Actually a lot of chance if you’re the only one pushing it
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Until you do and wish you hadn’t.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
I thought the only smart move was to not play?
Oh, wait, that’s Global Thermonuclear War.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 4 weeks ago
And blackjack
HubertManne@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
and hookers!
Mac@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
Ignorance is bliss
Intelligence begets depression.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The correlation is weak and there’s no causation. If anyone reading this is depressed, please talk to someone! Feeling better won’t mean you’re dumber.
Mac@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Yes, of course. It’s a heavily generalized statement.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Oh bullshit
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Well, I’ve never seen a depressed brick
dan1101@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I’m smart enough to ask questions about the button before I press it.
kambusha@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Would rather have a charm button
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
It’s a real shame then that I’m a complete idiot.
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Replace button with book and press with read and yup.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Reading is overrated.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Plus, you can’t trust books… with all those words…
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sounds like you better get busy on building that ensmartering button then, because exposure to knowledge through books and other educational media is the only way I know of to become smarter. I suppose healthy living facilitates the process greatly, as well.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Step into Cthulu’s trap.
Only good things can happen.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Speaking of cthulu. You ever read a colder war by Charles Strauss? It’s got Cthulhu in it and he talks about how awful he is. Like what he does is he murders you from like 100 miles away and psychically copies your soul into his personal universe where he tortures you forever in every possible way
the_q@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
The smarter you are the less happy you are. Fuck that button.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
ignorance is bliss
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Ignorance is being trapped in a maze. Intelligence is flying above the walls of the maze
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
i wish my understanding of how fucked we really are gave me flying superpowers.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ignorance is not knowing how you are trapped.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
The catch is, you lose empathy the smarter you become.
You’ve just become Hitler 2.0
Glytch@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why wouldn’t the button increase emotional intelligence as well? Losing empathy as you learn more doesn’t sound smart to me.
hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sir, can I introduce you to depression?
200ok@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I thought ignorance was supposed to be blissful 🥲
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Knowledge is a separate thing from intelligence. Even the smartest person in the world is ignorant of tons of stuff because it hasn’t come up in their life yet.
Intelligence can make it easier to collect knowledge, or to better understand it, but they are separate things.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sir, this is The Andes