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Which means there is no peaceful solution available.

Lay-people have incomplete information, therefore even if they "win" with common usage their opinion can be casually disregarded. If you are suggesting that I give in to the ignora…

IQ testing is not how anyone measures intelligence and hasn't been for quite some time. I suspect the problem lies here: Intelligence requires a multi-part definition, to use your …

They certainly do. Which means the remainder are split into two groups: 1) Those stupider than average and 2) Those smarter than average.

Average people find him entertaining. Others find him slow, inaccurate and petty.

There is no academically or commonly accepted definition of intelligence. Your confident statement renders everything else you say suspect.

Thankfully the population size is large enough that those of us who prefer competency over "personality" can form teams of our own.

Straw Man noun 1. an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument. My comment speaks directly to to above…

Many humans are quite aggressive. Pacifists are easily defeated by force. How can you have progress without security?

Whataboutism is far from useless. By comparing similar subjects one can see their traits with greater clarity. When whataboutism is used to deflect from the original subject then i…

There are two extremes here. One extreme is excessive work while the other is no work. In between the two lies a range of working hours which is tolerable to humans.

Being uncertain is in the middle. It's a position that too few humans are willing to take on any issue, treating it as if it were madness. If you are uncertain your options are to …

Yeah, I admit it does use some of those elements. However this is reality. Trying to provide to those less fortunate is a luxury. The idea of creating an equitable society is only …

Value here is defined as the NECESSARY tasks required to maintain the civilization whether they be menial or intellectual. Needs not wants. Tasks that provide food, shelter and the…

Of course some peoples "rights" will have to be stepped on. In order to have and maintain a civilization that civilization requires people who are competent at the skills needed in…

It sounds like general problem solving ie. Collect all the individual components of the problem and research the known methods of connecting the components to each other to achieve…

When I read the headline I thought this article might be about domestic terrorism in the US. When I clicked on the article I saw it it was in fact about COVID-19. This is how I tes…

Seconded. The tools are not the problem. The humans using the tools are the problem.

I'd argue that many humans think too highly of their intelligence and are not intelligent enough to decide correctly for themselves. Watching a video or reading an article is, at l…

No nation is friends with another nation. Nations are allies. Ally : a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose. Friend : a person whom one knows and…

He clearly says at 17:37 "...for everyone else it will be out next week."

But not well accepted by enough of the population.

We can only sometimes trust the minimally intelligent brains we already have to deal with. At some point soon we're going to have to discuss whether we're going to go the way of th…

"Millions have died in wars for us to have what we have today." What we have is going to vary from person to person. I have no thanks to all those people for giving me a life fille…