Originally posted by greenplastic
Really, it seems so simple, and is probably very prevalent amongst the userbase here because most of us live alternate lifestyles, but the vast majority of people out there are completely unable to think critically about anything. And it's becoming more and more that way every day. People are now used to buzzfeed and facebook feeding them their opinions. No one even bothers to try to read unbiased news anymore, they just believe whatever the fuck they are told to. Literally.
So being able to look at something and have a pretty accurate gauge of whether it's bullshit or not is rare, and very valuable. People are so easily manipulated, you could use it to your advantage in a million different ways. It's just up to you to come up with them.
it's not so much critical thinking, I think it's more a case of intellectual laziness.
the real problem isn't that people aren't capable of thinking for themselves, it's that they have no desire to - there's no value attached to the process of learning or new knowledge; it's just seen as a stepping stone to fulfill more base desires.
modern society is both enforcing that mode of thinking and being warped by it. well-educated consumers are more difficult to predict and tend not to fall into generalised marketing campaigns, and are more likely to want outcomes that are not for sale
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Jerking yourself off over how everyone else has poor "critical thinking skills", or low intelligence, or god forbid for being sheeple is just another form the the same wankery. It's an easy excuse to dismiss popular opinions you don't like. What's amazing is it's a cop out that spans the political spectrum. Whether it's the democrats repeating loudly and often how Trump is popular among "uneducated white men" or conspiracy nutjobs begging for people to "just wake up" or the alt right's cherished pastime of circlejerking to cherry pickings of shitposts from the mentally ill of tumblr as if they represent an actual political position, everyone loves to demonize their opponents as weak minded or dumb without actually engaging with their positions.
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Originally posted by Lanny
Jerking yourself off over how everyone else has poor "critical thinking skills", or low intelligence, or god forbid for being sheeple is just another form the the same wankery. It's an easy excuse to dismiss popular opinions you don't like. What's amazing is it's a cop out that spans the political spectrum. Whether it's the democrats repeating loudly and often how Trump is popular among "uneducated white men" or conspiracy nutjobs begging for people to "just wake up" or the alt right's cherished pastime of circlejerking to cherry pickings of shitposts from the mentally ill of tumblr as if they represent an actual political position, everyone loves to demonize their opponents as weak minded or dumb without actually engaging with their positions.
if sjw faggots are contained in tumblr and not representative how do you explain this?
Originally posted by Lanny
Jerking yourself off over how everyone else has poor "critical thinking skills", or low intelligence, or god forbid for being sheeple is just another form the the same wankery. It's an easy excuse to dismiss popular opinions you don't like. What's amazing is it's a cop out that spans the political spectrum. Whether it's the democrats repeating loudly and often how Trump is popular among "uneducated white men" or conspiracy nutjobs begging for people to "just wake up" or the alt right's cherished pastime of circlejerking to cherry pickings of shitposts from the mentally ill of tumblr as if they represent an actual political position, everyone loves to demonize their opponents as weak minded or dumb without actually engaging with their positions.
Read what you just wrote again and tell me you didn't just do the same exact thing.
Also, how is it jerking myself off? I never once talked about how great I was. I'm just making an observation that the majority of people allow themselves to be manipulated because they are either too dumb or too lazy to care. I mean....is it not true?
nah but seriously people with mental illness tend to not be easily mind controlled like "normal" people and having some screws loose works toward some peoples advantage, just look at kanye west, he's a total derpadew but is being censored by the jediminati
Originally posted by RisiR
I'm going to destroy you with ease, boy. Hahaha…
So, it's ok for you to toot your own special snowflake super critical thinking horn but when UM posts about having to deal with dumb shit he is boasting. Ok, gotcha.
Originally posted by RisiR
Yea, and instead of cowardly editing it like you would I appreciate the irony. Something an idiot like you wouldn't be capable of.
