Don't wanna feel like stupid people

[andrewducker]

I've spent the last week and a half feeling stupid. Literally.

I've been able to have most conversations on auto-pilot, but any kind of original or systematic thought has gone out of the window. I've had a a discussion with Heron regarding communism where I knew there were things I was missing, but I just couldn't see what. I've had discussions about abortion and couldn't see where I was going wrong. I staggered to the bathroom last night wondering if stupid people felt this way all the time, or if stupid people can't tell that they're stupid and so don't notice.

It certainly gives you a lot of empathy for people who tell you that "X is dull" or "I don't read" or "I avoid politics" because for the last week I've lived on a diet of cartoons and staring into the distance while dribbling slightly. Anything more complex than Samurai Jack left me feeling lost, confused and wanting to crawl back under the duvet. If that's how most people feel when they encounter politics/philosophy/science no wonder the majority of people have no interest in them.

Today I've solved 3 problems that I'd been completely unable to solve since last Wednesday and I feel more alive than I have since Adam cruelly infected me.

I still don't feel entirely up to scratch (hopefully by the weekend - as it is my coughing stopped me getting more than 6 hours sleep last night), but I do feel like life is worth living again.

Comments

[spaj.livejournal.com]

1) Ha ha, I made you ill!!! your misery makes my misery seem better.

2) Samurai Jack is very complicated... there is nothing more complicated than Jack... Except why it's not spelled jaques...

3) I'm not stupid.

4) I'm not!

5) I just don't vote because my votes have no effect on the runnig of the UK. They effect NI, and NI = shit & full of morons.

Adam

[ex-digitalis869.livejournal.com]

I feel stupid a majority of the time. It's not fun.

I was cursed with just enough intellect to have a grasp of what i'm missing. It sucks great big donkey balls.

[dapperscavenger.livejournal.com]

Plus, why bother learning when there's noone to discuss it with and no way you can change anything. :x

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my world.
To get any valid work done I have to stare at the problem for 20 minutes as my mind paddles on air before I finally figure out what I have to do. If the problems vaguely hard it takes me days to come to conclusions that are fairly obvious.
Most of the time I can't see stuff the way I'm sure I used to be able to.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

There was actually a study that showed that stupid people are less likely to be aware of their shortcomings than smart people (I don't know how they measured "stupid" and "smart", though), so you can't be that stupid :-)

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Stupid people don't know they are stupid, they can't. There was some experiment done where people had to predict how well they'd do in a test and the cleverer you were (at this test, so the higher scores), the larger +ve gap between your actual score and your predicted score, and the stupider you were (at this test, so the lower scores) the larger -ve gap between your actual score and your predicted score.

It does confirm that I am right in having given up (based on my own experiences) trying to explain stuff to stupid people.