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		ignoramous 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The United States withdraws from UNESCO > These are seemingly smart people. Engs all think they and their peers are very logical and super smart. They must be because of all the world changing apps/services/monies they make...? I've fallen in to this trap.

pstuart 5 months ago [–]

Clarity of words will help:

  * Intelligence is the computational power one is born with
  * Stupid/smart is the effective utilization of that intelligence

Lots of intelligent people do lots of stupid things (mea culpa)

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