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In reply to the discussion: Researchers results imply that higher intelligence is correlated with left wing beliefs. [View all]NanaCat
(2,332 posts)36. When I was in college a few years back
One of the youngsters asked me what was the most important thing I'd learned since I was his age. This was an easy answer:
'I learned that I thought I knew it all at 13. Then I turned 18, and went to college and realised how there were some things I didn't know, after all. About the time I was 30, I realized I didn't know a damned thing. So the most important thing I've learned is never to say I know something when I don't. The only way I can know anything is to buckle down and study it. And even then, I may not know all that much about it. Somebody else will be smarter or quicker at getting it than me, and that's just how it is.'
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Researchers results imply that higher intelligence is correlated with left wing beliefs. [View all]
onecaliberal
Apr 2024
OP
Thanks. I should read but I won't. I have no interest in psychometric exercises about intelligence and lack time...
NNadir
Apr 2024
#10
I totally agree, NNadir: people who are dyslexic are often very intelligent, but don't score well
BComplex
Apr 2024
#23
Thanks, I was booted for making a true statement which in a way, is a happy thought.
NNadir
Apr 2024
#35
Perhaps, related more to open-mindedness & curiosity 1st and left-wing belief 2nd.
Model35mech
Apr 2024
#11