Posted on 07/21/2023 8:35:13 AM PDT by bitt
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Hubris.
Confirmation bias.
It is easier to fool a person than to convince him that he has been fooled.” - Mark Twain....................
Because common sense ain’t so common....and never has been.
Narcissists.
Because they’re not as smart as you think they are
“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.”
― George Orwell
Something for nothing. Oldest scam since the dawn of mankind. It has never worked, and never will, but it still sells every time it’s tried.
They may be intelligent but they have no wisdom at all.
lack of critical thinking ..
Circle of competence.
Diane Chambers Syndrome. Or Frazier Crane syndrome for that matter. (For the younger folks, look up the TV show ‘Cheers’)
Even Musk, who is a genius in some ways, voted for Biden. A person can be very smart in some way and still be an idiot in others.
“Why Are Intelligent People So Easily Tricked?”
They were made that way so universities would always have an ample supply of potential professors.
Arrogance. ‘Smart’ people think they are immune to brainwashing and above it all.
IQ and education are just tools, like physical strength or health or money or position.
We are stupid, sinful and weak. We use tools for our destruction as well as for good. It’s the human condition.
False premise right there. The public image of the NAZI party in the 1930s was to lift Germany out of a prolonged depression and runaway inflation, and to restore Germany as a dignified country again instead of a whipping boy who continued to be punished over WWI. A message of "Make Germany Great Again" if you will.
You can't use the advantage of knowing how NAZI Germany ended up to condemn those who joined at the beginning.
Even Henry Ford worked briefly with NAZI Germany, and we were allowing NAZI Germany Zeppelins to conduct passenger service between Germany and the United States.
Let us also condemn the person who gave the NAZIs permission to land at the Naval base in Lakehurst, NJ in 1937 while we're at it.
Satan is MUCH more intelligent than man (but God is MUCH more intelligent than Satan).
Often intelligent people rely on their own intelligence or "wisdom". That's where Satan's got 'em and is what we have going on here.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean to your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5.
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