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Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 6:32 pm
No not necessarily, you don't have to be a troll to say stupid shit.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 6:36 pm (This post was last modified: July 4, 2018 at 6:39 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 4, 2018 at 3:04 pm)Alexmahone Wrote:
(July 4, 2018 at 2:59 pm)warmdecember Wrote: Ignorance is bliss. That's the way Christians are. I think they have a lower IQ in order to believe in all that bullshit. I prefer reality, good or bad.

So I guess having a high IQ in a religious society would make you an atheist and therefore more likely to be killed. Hence having a low IQ would be preferable.


No, having a high IQ also means one tends to be more capable of simultaneously processing divergent or mutually conflicting trains of thought, which in term lead to superior capacity for deceit.

I think most of those in position of influence conducive to profitable self-dealing in religious societies are atheists of the variety with higher IQ and lower scruples.
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 6:54 pm
(July 4, 2018 at 3:29 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: I have another one:

Suppose you're captured by a bunch of psychopaths who're going to scan your brain to determine your IQ and kill you if your IQ exceeds 120. In this case, it would be preferable to have a low IQ.

Well ya. Lolz. We wouldn't want the kidnappers to think they could be outsmarted by their victim, now would we?
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 7:02 pm
Are there situations where it is better to have bad luck?
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 7:49 pm
(July 4, 2018 at 6:36 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: No, having a high IQ also means one tends to be more capable of simultaneously processing divergent or mutually conflicting trains of thought, which in term lead to superior capacity for deceit.

I think most of those in position of influence and profitable self-dealing in religious societies are atheists of the variety with higher IQ and lower scruples.

I've often wondered how many of those cardinals in Rome are genuine followers of Christ The Lord, or were they in their younger days opportunist thieves who spotted a vacancy so to speak and played the long game that would lead them to a life of; a cardinal?
A semi educated dude in a starving poxy town in a starving poxy country realises this is him for the rest of his life? Dafuq! He is smart enough to realise that his options are emigrate, starve or become a priest. It's a no-brainer. Priest it is. Smart lad.

Look at the behind the scenes machinations of that nest of bastards in the way that after all these centuries the disgusting edifice they represent is still ticking like the Swiss watch they all no doubt own a few of. The Vatican is full of cunts but not many idiots.

The Vatican as a collective must have a great deal of intelligence buried in the system. So yes, when F T Barnum said 'every crowd has a silver lining' the Monsignor's must have laughed their tits off. They knew that a thousand years ago.
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 7:59 pm
Republican President of the US?

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"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 8:21 pm (This post was last modified: July 4, 2018 at 8:24 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 4, 2018 at 7:59 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Republican President of the US?

It’s a demanding job. It takes extreme vanity, total ignorance, repulsive personality, greed, contempt for all that is not him. Just having low IQ might be enough for a banana republic. It won’t cut it here.
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 8:55 pm
(July 4, 2018 at 6:22 pm)Alexmahone Wrote:
(July 4, 2018 at 6:18 pm)Succubus Wrote: I'm pretty sure you do this on purpose.

Now I'm absolutely convinced you're doing it on purpose.

You mean trolling? Well, maybe...

Did you just admit to trolling?
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 9:16 pm
(July 4, 2018 at 8:55 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(July 4, 2018 at 6:22 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: You mean trolling? Well, maybe...

Did you just admit to trolling?

What can I say? A good percentage of my threads are over 8 pages long.
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RE: Are there situations where it is better to have a low IQ?
July 4, 2018 at 9:28 pm
(July 4, 2018 at 9:16 pm)Alexmahone Wrote:
(July 4, 2018 at 8:55 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Did you just admit to trolling?

What can I say? A good percentage of my threads are over 8 pages long.

That's some pretty unimaginative shit fella.
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