One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural changes eventually happen, but as of now it honestly infuriates me like few things ever have.

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    1 year ago

    You’re basically proposing a “social IQ” test that would effectively make people social pariahs (good luck making your taxes, finding a job, etc, without the internet, nowadays) over not being educated enough.

    Do you realize there’s literally one step between this and advocating for eugenics? Do you measure the potential for abuse? Who gets to decide what’s “smart” enough for the internet?