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November 27, 2006

No matter what you believe, there are educated, intelligent people out there who think you’re a fool for believing it.

Filed under: Fun by — jb @ 3:09 pm

And understanding they are educated and intelligent is a big value: usually we think they are stupid!
PierG
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Comment by PierG — November 27, 2006 @ 3:59 pm
Well, we all believe some stupid things. But in so far as we believe in something sensible and “educated, intelligent” people think you’re a fool for it, that only proves that education doesn’t mean *anything* (yes, I mean that) and that intelligence is relative and doesn’t make you infallible.

Oh those fools that think I’m a fool

Comment by Ulrich Hobelmann — November 27, 2006 @ 4:03 pm
But we also believe smart, true things; things that some educated people think are false.

I’ve noticed this quite a bit recently on the blogs – things that I know are true are called “insane” by people who are well educated.

It was very disconcerting, until that Zen moment popped into my head.

Comment by jb — November 27, 2006 @ 4:12 pm
Were you observing any particular beliefs when you came upon this Zenness? If so what were they?

Comment by Davy — November 27, 2006 @ 7:40 pm
Just the belief that if you attempt to live your life without controversy, you are doomed to failure.

Comment by jb — November 28, 2006 @ 2:26 pm