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Smart people can be stubborn and would dismiss facts sometimes too

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Not just sometimes. Much of the time.

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Not just much of the time. Often.

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Not just often. Pretty much majority of the time.

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Lol sweet summer child…

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Things that should stay on reddit.

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I’m referencing Game of Thrones.

If that makes you think of Reddit, that’s on you.

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Where meme

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Apparently I stumbled into Facebook somehow.

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Oh my god that’s exactly the vibe I have been getting from Lemmy this past month. Add some minions to the feed from my grandmother and you got just Facebook with more communists.

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indoctrinated people don’t care if you think they’re smart. in fact, “smart” is a pejorative to them, unless the adjective is applied to dear great leader, who’s the only one allowed to claim the title, and the only one from whom information can be accepted as true

indoctrination indeed. GOP is a fucking cult

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hot takes are already incoming, so just as a reminder: Sayings like this have assumptions that are necessary to be aware of before nitpicking details.

The saying is just saying that smart people are open minded to new ideas and information and indoctrinated people are taught to be close minded. It doesn’t mean every new piece of information is immediately believed by the smart person or that smart people are immune to confirmation bias, just that they are generally open to new information supported by evidence and indoctrination teaches people to reject new information whether it is supported by evidence or not.

It is a generalization about a primary difference, not a hard and fast rule.

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