I don’t understand why people just want to stay stupid for some reason. Whenever I am wrong, I am willing to accept that, even though sometimes it goes against my worldview. I also don’t talk about topics I have no knowledge about (e.g. economics).
Egos aren’t really a new thing. I mean if you’ve gone to doctors a significant number of times in your life, you’re probably familiar with how problematic they are.
Yeah exactly I go to a doctor and she says oh okay then I receive 0 treatment and 0 insight and she hopes she never has to inspect me again because I had a prolonged erection and my testicles were hurting unprofessional selfish bitch
i think a lot of it just comes down to the fact that many of these people see no oversight and perceive no obvious disadvantage to entertaining only their own opinions.
To the point of OPs meme, this is extremely true for a government, where “yes men” and people who fail upwards rise the quickest and wield the most power. Add in policies that make firing, even the worst employees, extremely difficult and remove the confines of a real budget… well why would you ever care about what other people think?
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I don’t understand why people just want to stay stupid for some reason. Whenever I am wrong, I am willing to accept that, even though sometimes it goes against my worldview. I also don’t talk about topics I have no knowledge about (e.g. economics).
Egos aren’t really a new thing. I mean if you’ve gone to doctors a significant number of times in your life, you’re probably familiar with how problematic they are.
Yeah exactly I go to a doctor and she says oh okay then I receive 0 treatment and 0 insight and she hopes she never has to inspect me again because I had a prolonged erection and my testicles were hurting unprofessional selfish bitch
It’s partly because they don’t really have a concept that they could be wrong. They’re so dumb that they don’t realize how dumb they are.
A large part of being intelligent is being able to recognize that you don’t know everything.
This message summed up in a animation
https://youtu.be/NPsbzMr2QJQ
It’s unfortunately also a very natural response in humans when they are confronted with opposing facts or views.
Sometimes this leads to stuff like cognitive dissonance, sometimes it’s just a stubborn defense reaction.
Because they think being perceived as “right” is a birthright not a proven mathematical conclusion
i think a lot of it just comes down to the fact that many of these people see no oversight and perceive no obvious disadvantage to entertaining only their own opinions.
To the point of OPs meme, this is extremely true for a government, where “yes men” and people who fail upwards rise the quickest and wield the most power. Add in policies that make firing, even the worst employees, extremely difficult and remove the confines of a real budget… well why would you ever care about what other people think?