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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
There’s never been a surgeon with an IQ 85 or less. You can argue IQ doesn’t measure intelligence but it definitely measures a certain type of problem solving. Rich people aren’t more intelligent but having the sort of brain power that will get you around 120 plus IQ gives a person a ****ton more options. Other things can **** that up but there are still tons of things you cannot do no matter how hard you try if your IQ is below a certain point. And it’s just luck of the draw.
The entire idea of tying a person’s worth with any type of merit based system is cruel and bigoted. You throw the word stupid out there as an insult you’re saying that all stupid people are inherently worth less as human beings. Throughout the course of human history I’m sure stupid people as a whole have had it harder than black people.
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I don't think anyone here would argue what you're saying about a merit-based system.
Regarding the worth thing: using stupidity as an insult just implies that it's something negative. I don't think that implies it makes someone worth less as a human being. For instance I think you're a deluded bigot about Muslims, which is definitely a negative thing, but I don't think you're worth less because of it. What does that even mean? People's worth shouldn't be measured in any way.
Saying that stupid people have had it harder than black people is just ridiculous to the point of being disrespectful. Wtf. Dumb people were never dehumanised to the extent of being made slaves. They were never lynched on trees. Seriously. That's exactly my point though (re:diswashing comment), why racial slurs are much worse than saying idiot: being less intelligent than average is a disadvantage, of course, but it's just not comparable (unless you really have a disability)