Terminal Autism (terminalautism@social.076.moe)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 02:24:28 JST
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I don't know about that considering that I grew up surrounded by low IQ obedient people, and that people in the world in general have been getting dumber and their IQs have been going down, and yet they also get more obedient. Of course, stupid people are also very easy to manipulate. Even the rebellious ones are easy to control. Just get the TV to say "if you support the government and corporations and cut your dick off, that makes you an edgy rebel", and it should be clear that it works, because that's most of the people identifying as "the left".
Of course, IQ is limited, I don't believe in it very strongly at all, but it's supposed to be pattern recognition, and that is definitely related to intelligence, though it is not intelligence itself, which is immeasurable. Though of course, that is itself limited by the type of pattern recognition tested by the tests. It's basically how good you are at puzzles, that's what it really tests. It's limited, but not useless, since puzzles are a good form of problem-solving.
But one thing that may also change the results is that I think (from what I hear) that plenty of IQ tests ask trivia questions that have nothing to do with pattern recognition, that are just from memorizing things in school. As far as I'm concerned, that makes the result absolutely worthless, and definitely does reward obedient people, because those are the people that give a shit about school. What you know or don't know has nothing to do with raw intelligence. Memorization is not intelligence, stupid people can and do memorize plenty of garbage about celebrities and sportsball.
Also, I think some countries have a lot more cheating than others, from priding themselves on being superior (or just more intelligent) than others. Like China, you would have to be out of your mind to believe a single statistic coming from them. Hell, it is know that cheating is extremely prevalent in China, in every area of life.
Anyway, high IQ doesn't mean that someone isn't an idiot. The people that invented nuclear weapons had high IQs, I'm sure, but were also some of the biggest idiots to ever live. Same goes for people working on a lot of tech in recent times. Really, more intelligence raises the ceiling on how stupid someone can be. Intelligent people can think of much more complex and ridiculous stupid ideas than stupid people.
It takes some intelligence for someone to convince themselves of something as retarded as trannyism, for instance. Someone with a low IQ, that has a very superficial view of the world, would never fall for that. But neither would people that can actually use their intelligence to rationally analyze reality. I think around 100 is the sweet spot for being the perfect low ~ mid obedient slave, while the higher-ranking slaves are a bit higher. From what I hear, success in society (which is all about obedience) correlates to being a bit above average, but not too much.