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Assuming a button that makes you smarter, the only smart move is to press it.
Submitted 1 month ago by rainrain@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 month ago
veniasilente@lemm.ee 1 month 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 1 month ago
Actually a lot of chance if you’re the only one pushing it
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Until you do and wish you hadn’t.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
I thought the only smart move was to not play?
Oh, wait, that’s Global Thermonuclear War.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 1 month ago
And blackjack
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 month ago
and hookers!
Mac@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Ignorance is bliss
Intelligence begets depression.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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 1 month ago
Yes, of course. It’s a heavily generalized statement.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Oh bullshit
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Well, I’ve never seen a depressed brick
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I’m smart enough to ask questions about the button before I press it.
kambusha@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Would rather have a charm button
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It’s a real shame then that I’m a complete idiot.
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Replace button with book and press with read and yup.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Reading is overrated.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Plus, you can’t trust books… with all those words…
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Step into Cthulu’s trap.
Only good things can happen.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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 1 month ago
The smarter you are the less happy you are. Fuck that button.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
ignorance is bliss
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Ignorance is being trapped in a maze. Intelligence is flying above the walls of the maze
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
i wish my understanding of how fucked we really are gave me flying superpowers.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ignorance is not knowing how you are trapped.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The catch is, you lose empathy the smarter you become.
You’ve just become Hitler 2.0
Glytch@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Sir, can I introduce you to depression?
200ok@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I thought ignorance was supposed to be blissful 🥲
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Sir, this is The Andes