The Plan

[Angrboda]

And you know this how?

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I can accept when someone says they believe such and such regarding god or the afterlife, but when things like this are stated outright, as if you know them the same way you know the sun is hot, it comes across as arrogant and easily dismissed.  Absolutely no one will take such proclamations seriously.

I tend to state my opinions in a very "matter of fact" sort of way, because I am confident in my opinions.

Or because you're an idiot who can't accurately convey what they mean to say.

[Ahriman]

I tend to state my opinions in a very "matter of fact" sort of way, because I am confident in my opinions.

Or because you're an idiot who can't accurately convey what they mean to say.

Being smart is not as important as being right.

[arewethereyet]

Or because you're an idiot who can't accurately convey what they mean to say.

Being smart is not as important as being right.

You really ought to get that tattooed on your forehead.

[HappySkeptic]

I tend to state my opinions in a very "matter of fact" sort of way, because I am confident in my opinions.

Sometimes I just state opinions as well, but before doing so, I ask myself what the basis for my opinions are, and how I might defend them.

Just putting out "X is bad" or "I believe Y" doesn't add anything to the discussion.  We won't be persuaded to a new way of thinking, and you aren't in any danger of learning something about your own views.

[Angrboda]

Or because you're an idiot who can't accurately convey what they mean to say.

Being smart is not as important as being right.

Is that a fact?

[Spongebob]

And you know this how?

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I can accept when someone says they believe such and such regarding god or the afterlife, but when things like this are stated outright, as if you know them the same way you know the sun is hot, it comes across as arrogant and easily dismissed.  Absolutely no one will take such proclamations seriously.

I tend to state my opinions in a very "matter of fact" sort of way, because I am confident in my opinions.

I see.  So you are aware that you don't know the ultimate fate of the universe, you merely have an opinion or belief about how it will end.  I'd still like to know what you base this on.  Since you aren't a Christian, it isn't likely from the Bible.  Is it just something you imagined or do you believe you've been in contact with god?

[Nay_Sayer]

Being smart is not as important as being right.

You really ought to get that tattooed on your forehead.

Wouldn't it be covered up by the helmet?

[Spongebob]

Or because you're an idiot who can't accurately convey what they mean to say.

Being smart is not as important as being right.

So many possibilities...

If this is true, then how do you know?

[Ahriman]

Being smart is not as important as being right.

So many possibilities...

If this is true, then how do you know?

Easily proven. If there are two lawyers in a court room, one for each side (plaintiff and defendant), and one of the lawyers is smarter than the other lawyer, but the judge/jury sides with the less intelligent lawyer, and he/she wins the case, then what was more important in this instance.......being smarter than your opponent, or being seen as right?

[Spongebob]

So many possibilities...

If this is true, then how do you know?

Easily proven. If there are two lawyers in a court room, one for each side (plaintiff and defendant), and one of the lawyers is smarter than the other lawyer, but the judge/jury sides with the less intelligent lawyer, and he/she wins the case, then what was more important in this instance.......being smarter than your opponent, or being seen as right?

First, you dodged my question again.  I asked how you know this.  Where did you learn this?  Who told you?  You answered with an example.

Second, you didn't prove the point you think you did.  Just because the jury sided with lawyer B in this case doesn't mean he was "right".  Attorneys lose cases all the time when their client is innocent and vice versa.  What usually happens is the attorney with the most resources wins the case, though even this is a far reaching oversimplification.  If an attorney is smarter, he/she may often win a case whether their case is just or not.  Being "smart" in a legal context often means you just know the laws better and understand how to manipulate the legal system, thus you "win" more often.  Are you familiar with the case of O.J. Simpson?  Simpson, guilty as hell, gets off because of two things, better representation was one.  Cochran was smarter than his opponents.  The other was jury nullification.  That's a thing that makes attorney intelligence and evidence irrelevant.  Bottom line is that you picked a poor example to demonstrate your assertion.  Try again.

I'll agree that people can sometimes be right when they don't even have the smarts to know it, but it's not the high percentage play.  What you are basically asserting is that its better to be lucky than smart.  Good luck with that.