You are not used to being addressed as a group. You don't know what it's like to be a minority like us, the smart people. You often lack empathy, and you cannot even be blamed for that. That's the way the system works. What I want to achieve is that you enter into a conversation with the smart minority.
You don't often think about it, but you have a tremendous privilege. A stupid privilege. Stupid people are more likely to receive benefits, according to our statistics, they are less likely to be bullied at school, they often undergo a simpler application process than smart people, they are less likely to justify their taste in music to their friends and they are significantly more likely to be on talk shows.
The discourse of the stupid people assumes what we at the UVA call the "moronic world view": the world view of the prototypical thirty-year-old stupid man. With every sentence, stupid people cling to the idea that their stupidity is the norm and all other levels of intelligence the exception. Extensive research has been done on this.
The stupid privilege is very deeply ingrained, so I imagine you, as a reader, don't see this. Nevertheless, we must continue to work for more dialogue between stupid and smart (you can no longer say "intelligent") people. But there is hope. After all, luck is with the fools.
You don't often think about it, but you have a tremendous privilege. A stupid privilege. Stupid people are more likely to receive benefits, according to our statistics, they are less likely to be bullied at school, they often undergo a simpler application process than smart people, they are less likely to justify their taste in music to their friends and they are significantly more likely to be on talk shows.
The discourse of the stupid people assumes what we at the UVA call the "moronic world view": the world view of the prototypical thirty-year-old stupid man. With every sentence, stupid people cling to the idea that their stupidity is the norm and all other levels of intelligence the exception. Extensive research has been done on this.
The stupid privilege is very deeply ingrained, so I imagine you, as a reader, don't see this. Nevertheless, we must continue to work for more dialogue between stupid and smart (you can no longer say "intelligent") people. But there is hope. After all, luck is with the fools.
