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0 pointsnicodjimenez4y ago0 comments

Educated people are more easy to brainwash actually. They’ll believe anything the establishment tells them because they spend more time in school following directions and going “by the book” - they excel at this.

Less educated people need to learn to trust their instincts, and be skeptical at all times.

Politics is about really simple stuff because you can’t over complicate at such a high level of abstraction.

I think there is no relationship whatsoever between education level and common sense. If anything the correlation is negative. Highly educated people don’t need common sense because they deal with complex things.

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stonogo4y ago

  > They’ll believe anything the establishment tells them because 
  > they spend more time in school following directions and going 
  > “by the book” - they excel at this.

Grade A satire. I, of course, have yet to meet anyone with an advanced degree who trusted "the book," as such naivete is the surest route to frustration. Critically evaluating received wisdom is essential to surviving grad school... As is learning to play politics to satisfy the hidebound whilst pursuing your own goals.

justinpowers4y ago

You speak with such authority on these matters. You clearly must have sources and relevant studies to back your claims. Especially given the subject matter; it’d be quite ironic otherwise. So please do share your sources…

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