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| Skydude Posts: 159/2607 |
Well, it's not so much whether there are more smart people in the world than stupid people that becomes the issue here...it comes down to how you yourself fare in that. Even if there are a lot more smart people, if you happen to be among the top ones, killing off everyone stupider leaves a rather small population.
As for the definition of intelligence, like I said, whatever omnipotent being giving you the choice is also omniscient and knows enough to define it objectively somehow. |
| Sin Dogan Posts: 338/861 |
Originally posted by Catfish Yea, I kinda already mentioned that. :B HUMANS ARE FUN! -Ryuk |
| Snow Tomato Posts: 430/798 |
But if you kill all the people who are smarter than you.... you could rule the world. Which would be... interesting.
But, being me... I'd definatly kill all the stupid people. Yeah, I'd be the dumbest person on the planet... but smart people would be able to accomplish much more without the stupid people weighing them down. And I'd love to believe that there are more smart people than stupid in the world. And I believed if only smart people lived in the world... we'd opt for socialism... because we'd all be rational and tolerant enough to do so. The world would be more peaceful. |
| Ailure Posts: 901/2602 |
You all start to sound like the leaders of a fascistik nation, seriously. Besides how would you define intelligence? If I decided to kill off everyone with lower IQ than me, there wouldn't be many people left on the earth. If higher, well it probalby wouldn't be as severe.  |
| Cruel Justice Posts: 706/1637 |
Kill the stupid while they aren't weary of what's going on. Because, believe it or not, stupid people attacking in high numbers can cause a great amount of damage. Killing all the stupid people, I like that. That means a good 99% of America would be destroyed and Jerry Springer would have to be cancelled because everyone would most likely be able to solve their differences in a civil manner, FOR ONCE! |
| Skydude Posts: 155/2607 |
Well, I suppose it's good that the board tends to be more altruistic than I thought would be the case...
...though on the other hand it would've made the thread more interesting if people had disagreed  |
| Trapster Posts: 2480/3604 |
Originally posted by Alastor the Stylish This might sound weird but I actually agree. If the smart died we wouldn´t have any more inventions and such things, as Flying Fish already stated. And Danielle has a good point about people of equal intelligence. I guess I could live with that. |
| Salmon Steak Posts: 171/178 |
Stupid people gone. I'd hate to see how many would die, either way.
But...with the stupid people gone...that means I become the new form of stupid. And I would be the next to die.  Oh well...at least the world would be, all told, a better place in the long run...albeit by questionable means.... |
| Alastor Posts: 3388/8204 |
That would be waaaay too obvious, a. |
| asdf Posts: 1020/4077 |
Originally posted by Teddylot Under proper formating, that would've been "Honestly though, I'm not looking terribly hard into this question. But I have good news. I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico." |
| Alastor Posts: 3386/8204 |
Originally posted by TeddylotI've got it. Geico doesn't think! |
| Teddylot Posts: 184/286 |
Well ... probably the stupid people.
Honestly though, I'm not looking terribly hard into this question. Thus, saving me a ton of money on my car insurance. |
| Deleted User Posts: 660/-7750 |
If people stupider than I am were killed, that probably wouldn't make that much of a difference....
Cause you know.... not many are. |
| Danielle Posts: 2155/6737 |
Originally posted by HyperMackerel Anyone who is the same level of intelligence as you wouldn't be killed. That's where I wanna be.  |
| Sin Dogan Posts: 337/861 |
Well I honestly have to say that intelligence cannot be measured in degree of intensity. It's a lot more complicated than that. So I'm not sure who would be killed by either one of my decisions here. |
| HyperHacker Posts: 1157/5072 |
Kill the stupid ones. Just because everyone else is smarter than me doesn't mean I'm not smart. Besides, they're the ones who would die if nature had anything to say about it.
Though what about the people who are of equal intelligence? |
| asdf Posts: 999/4077 |
Theoretical question: What if you were the smartest person in the world or the stupidest person in the world? Given that, what if you made the choice to kill all people smarter than you or stupider than you respectively? And what happens if you kill yourself (physically, as in suicide) or get killed before you make the decision? |
| Kirk Bradford Myers Posts: 20/89 |
Let's take away all the people stupider than me, and here are the reasons why:
In my opinion, living life is about bettering oneself in every regard. Therefore there is nothing wrong with currently being the stupidest person on the planet so long as there are others which you can learn from and grow. Just because you are stupid now does not mean that you have to remain that way. The choice is yours. At the very least, if you so choose to accept your current rank of stupidity in the gene pool, you can rest with the knowledge that it offers an unprecedented level of security in that things are getting taken well care of for you, and you have little worries in that regard. Stupid people are more likely to let things go to hell and push the button and get it over with and kill each other than smarter people. Who's company would you rather be in? Being the smartest person on the planet and watching everyone destroy themselves as you preach to them until you are blue in the face while they do it anyway is a miserable, lonely existence. Stupidity to me is not a measure of how much you already know but how much you are willing to be open-minded and learn and how quickly you can do so, and also entails the ability to look inside and see the truth in oneself. With that being said, I find that in my daily life, people I consider beneath me in the brains department are the largest source of my frustration and anxiety. Imagine the stress and the early heart attacks that can be avoided if these people no longer existed! You'd actually live longer. You'd eventually be a better teacher, because your students would be better learners. And there would always be something for you to yet learn which validates your reason to continue on through this life. Oh, and no worries about those who belittle you because they know that you are beneath them on some level. Smarter people, at least the ones I'm talking about, will not do that, and will respect you for what you are whatever that is and lovingly and gently encourage you to become more if that's possible. [A good philosophy for ROMhackers in general to employ, by the way!  ]
My two cents for today... |
| Alastor Posts: 3349/8204 |
I'd go with killing the stupid ones, for certain. I mean, that's barely even a choice. The negative effects of the stupid dying are so much weaker than those of the intelligent dying... |
| Koneko Posts: 259/656 |
I would definitely kill the stupid people. But then there would be the slight problem of what if I'm smarter than a vast majority, say 98% (yeah, I'm THAT arrogant), of the people worldwide? It's quite possible that the resulting smart people might not be numerous enough to keep the human race going, especially when you consider that they're probably spread out pretty evenly over the surface of the planet, and it would be hard to travel when there aren't nearly as many people to service airplanes or automobiles.
However, I would probably find this preferable to keeping the stupid ones. At the time I would probably decide that humanity is better off nonexistant than full of idiots, and only idiots. At least there would be a sharp decrease in the possibility of nuclear war. But either way, it would cripple modern society. We rely heavily on both the intellectuals and the dumb masses to hold together an economy in which new products will be designed, manufactured, and sold... And without an economy there would be no modern conveniences. So the quality of life would fall sharply, until either the population went up again or, as could happen, the smart people create a robotic workforce. That's another reason for keeping the literati; they'd have an easier recovery with their amazing (duh, they're smarter than ME) brains. So yeah, the stupid shall die. |
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