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1348 sats \ 9 replies \ @ek 20h \ on: Why Are Bitcoiners Idiots? AskSN
This is one of my favorite topics!
I would say that no, Bitcoiners are not significantly more or less able to think critically than the average person. They are just as wrong if you talk to them about enough topics. Sure, there might be a few exceptions, maybe even prominent ones, but on average, "being a Bitcoiner" does not tell me anything about your critical thinking skills. Money is just one topic, and pretending that knowing more about one topic makes you smarter in general—that sounds stupid in a profound way to me.
But it also depends on what your definition of a BItcoiner is.
Anyway, I also wrote about this here:
and here:
I have found a lot of alpha in being good at recognizing quality people.
It seems simple, but this thread gives many examples of why it's not. Assuming that the hated tribe is composed entirely of idiots is the most trivial illustration, but there are others, most of them rooted in the almost overwhelming need to feel good about yourself, about the rightness of your own beliefs and to justify the things that you're doing and want to do.
Hard swim upstream of that, but worth it. You make better and more useful friends, if nothing else.
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Maybe even more because now you think you’re right about way more things where normies would actually be humble enough to admit they don’t know and don‘t care.
Maybe. Ought to be, anyway. Not sure that's always what I find.
Next topic: if so -- Bitcoiners just as awful on other topics, falling prey to same human flaws etc etc (+ @Scoresby's agreement below), why is it that Bitcoiners naturally get along so well? Even if they're wacky af and into flat earth or chemtrails, I connect with them in a deeper, non-Bitcoiner level than I do any of my normie friends, say here in my village.
First level explanation: at least Bitcoiners' minds are oriented in the right way, whereas most normies' aren't, spending their cognitive efforts on NYT headlines or deep down woketard land
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why is it that Bitcoiners naturally get along so well?
Because we're retarded in the same ways that are important to us?
My assumption is other retarded people also connect in a deeper, non-Bitcoiner level with each other. It has nothing to do with Bitcoin.
First level explanation: at least Bitcoiners' minds are oriented in the right way, whereas most normies' aren't, spending their cognitive efforts on NYT headlines or deep down woketard land
That's one of the flaws I mean. There is not just one class of "normies." There are many. Calling someone a "normie" is just another thing Bitcoiners do to simplify the world enough that it fits in their head.
There are a tons of different people out there who would or wouldn't get along with each other, even if we would call them all "normies."
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Yes. It takes a deeper interaction before the tyranny of small differences sets in. Bitcoiners mos def do not get along if you wait long enough, as the recent OP_RETURN thing amply demonstrates. Many such examples.
That's one of the flaws I mean. There is not just one class of "normies." There are many. Calling someone a "normie" is just another thing Bitcoiners do to simplify the world enough that it fits in their head.
You have my axe!
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It takes a deeper interaction before the tyranny of small differences sets in. Bitcoiners mos def do not get along if you wait long enough, as the recent OP_RETURN thing amply demonstrates.
Good point!
For some reason, I am very good at not identifying with anything1, so I guess I'm in a perpetual state of the tyranny of small differences?
I like to think this comes from an adversarial mindset
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doesn't always feel good though ↩
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other retarded people also connect in a deeper, non-Bitcoiner level with each other. It has nothing to do with Bitcoin.
woketards find themselves, too, and instantly get along even though they otherwise don't share anything in life...?