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0 pointsapi4y ago0 comments

They have charisma. Charisma is mind control. I'm pretty convinced that charisma can literally override the rational mind.

I've seen some pretty amazing examples of charismatic people spewing absolute nonsense with the audience hanging on every word like they are a genius. Put far more interesting ideas in the mouth of someone with no charisma and they are ignored.

Humans are merely clever. We are not truly intelligent.

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krapp4y ago

Do you consider yourself intelligent, or merely clever?

Are you a slack-jawed puppet of the charismatics, or is it just everyone else?

perl4ever4y ago

>Are you a slack-jawed puppet of the charismatics, or is it just everyone else?

To make this more than just a rhetorical question, one could take a poll - who took Adam Neumann seriously, because he seems to me like the epitome of a "charismatic" who walked away stupendously wealthy from a fiasco (WeWork) without serious penalties.

I don't think I'm smarter than everyone else, but I also don't think Neumann and WeWork were anywhere near something that made sense to me.

apiOP4y ago

Honestly? I think I'm occasionally intelligent but usually just clever.

I was being a bit hyperbolic for effect.

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