You’re know what I just realized? The reason shit like ready player one, Rick and Morty, and the whole “Very high IQ” crowd resonate is blindingly obvious: They’re on the same frequency so of course they resonate.
What am I actually getting at?
All of them, and to a YUUUGE extent the entire soyboy culture, think that being able to recognize obscure references and knowing random “facts” is the same thing as actual intelligence. It’s definitely not. I’ve known more than a few people who did great at schools because they could memorized a lot of information but were too lacking in critical thinking skills to ever apply that knowledge practically....or to be fair some had the mental capability and had just had the capacity’s for critical thinking trained out of them by the time I knew them.
What am I actually getting at?
All of them, and to a YUUUGE extent the entire soyboy culture, think that being able to recognize obscure references and knowing random “facts” is the same thing as actual intelligence. It’s definitely not. I’ve known more than a few people who did great at schools because they could memorized a lot of information but were too lacking in critical thinking skills to ever apply that knowledge practically....or to be fair some had the mental capability and had just had the capacity’s for critical thinking trained out of them by the time I knew them.