They probably imagine that they are smarter than you are and that there is nothing more for them to learn. Many have an aversion to “book learning” meaning anything that you have to read to learn, because reading is impractical and has no relation to “real life”. Reading is for weaklings and people who have no practical use.
Morons tend to form clots and reinforce each other’s foolishness.
2. They don’t know a whole lot
You can’t use illustrations because they won’t get them. They will hear exactly what you say, they may even understand your words, but your string of words will not resolve into a meaningful grasp of what you are trying to convey. Actually, you may just get bogged down in the labor of making things simple enough for them to understand. It’s like trying to translate Finnegan’s Wake, word-for-word, into kiddie-form.
3. They don’t have the capacity
Apart from, not wanting to, they simply lack the equipment to get smarter. A complex idea will boil down to the color of the guy who stated it, or his political affiliation, or what their buddy Frank said about him. Everything is reduced to where they can think they understand it. This is what they have to do to survive/maintain sanity. If the facts are too big, make them small.
iPhone Theme for BlackBerry Make your BlackBerry look like an iPhone with iBerry Black Theme
4. You can’t hide your contempt
If you have discussed something with a true idiot, one with no grasp of the facts, but who is convinced that he is smarter than you are, then you know what I mean. You can hide displeasure, you can stifle anger, but the pure, outright loathing that pretentious simpletons tend to summon up, that has a way of showing itself.
5. They will likely try to fight you
You usually don’t get to be an adult fool without somebody questioning your intelligence at some point. Morons tend to be very touchy about being called on their stupidity, any situation in which you say, or even imply, that they are wrong will likely turn combative. The idiot will dip down into his bag of learned-by-rote urban legend bullshit, and when the last one fails, he will be left only with his lack of intelligence and his fists. The satisfaction of beating you down will make up for the disappointment of not being able to outsmart you.
6. Their friends are as dumb as they are
Morons tend to form clots and reinforce each other’s foolishness. Fool’s cannot stomach dissent, they cannot bear the sight of people who don’t agree wholeheartedly with what they say. They have no shortage of people to tell them why your ideas are wrong, and how full of shit you are.
No comments:
Post a Comment