Dumb People, Smart People, and Smarter People

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  :) at 2010-07-23T17:48:01.

  All men were created equal. Sir.

  Yup.

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  :) at 2010-07-23T17:47:08.

  We are all dumb.

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  JPDT at 2010-06-02T21:03:33.

  Dumb people read quote lists
  Smart people make quote lists
  Smarter people laugh at them.

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  XTN at 2010-02-23T20:33:49.

  Funny true….

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  Christine McClean at 2010-02-04T01:55:50.

  good piece of writing!! most of it is true too
  thanks for letting me realize these things

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  NeoTheNotOne at 2010-05-09T13:59:10.

  how can any of you say that this holds any truth? Because you believe in his words? The flow of something that you cannot percieve possibly because you are inexperienced with life and cannot begin to comprehend much of any one topic? Maybe I’m being a little too bad, or maybe I’m trying to percieve this in my most hateful way towards something that I have been doing for years which is criticize things. But we were “created” by something that we cannot find the answer to. Which is the reason why we question our own existence. Well the majority of people run into that question at one point in their life. & they might benefit greatly from that experience but it will always hurt them too. Life has everything and nothing once your gone. By those words I can assume that you can somehow “feel” a connection to my words and your thoughts. Because we build off of each other we learn and experience things which makes us capable of developing further. We may not know everything in existence, even the thought of that drives people insane but we have the power to think that way. Most people from experience would believe that we cannot attain true knowledge of understanding of everything in existence and every thought we are faced with but that very thought might set off other things in the future of our lives. I know I’m rambling but I gotta say I’m pretty surprised how much that little kid is influenced by this guy who wrote a poem with a contradiction at the end. But it isn’t the end is it? Because your perceptions change on life and you may not feel the same way you did when you wrote this, I hope the little kid who is influenced by this doesn’t grow to have some kind of mental health issue because of this possible farce. I’m sorry towards the author of this “mystifying” poem but we cannot all agree and live together peacefully because we all have our own views on everything we can possibly imagine. May not make sense to you but read it again and try to relate in some way. I did not perceive this kind of method of how the “everything” is because I simply cannot perceive something that I cannot. Based on experiences which may go haywire and make you think of other things that are still really questionable to society today and to society of all ages. We will never have a perfect peaceful planet Earth. thats what i believe anyways but who knows. thats the question who knows. the answers I can virtually accept and believe is that no ONE knows but a Supreme Being of some sort might be able to create all of this “free will”. which is really free because we are still limited by our OWN PEOPLE IN EVERY surface of our world that we live in. Authority goes on forever.

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  NeoTheNotOne at 2010-05-09T14:02:33.

  sorry if anyone got a negative vibe from that post I am feeling the powers of sleep deprivation. lol if you can understand it then believe it, if you can’t simply don’t.

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  smartersmartanddumb at 2010-02-03T23:55:45.

  awww, did writing this make you feel better about yourself :-/ ?

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  DumbGirl at 2010-01-27T16:16:46.

  Very recognized thought there !

  I could also see it as

  Dumb people guess.
  Smart people assume.
  Smarter people assume with ignorance, that is to be fair to self and others that they can be unaware of their own ignorance and will politely question to seek out the differences.

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  kmac at 2010-06-23T07:08:48.

  by ignorance, don’t you mean “plausible deniabilility”?

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  Eli24 at 2010-01-09T05:52:09.

  Loved it. Nice work.

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  Niki at 2010-01-05T18:54:48.

  I am an indonesian,
  and -thanks to the beauty of Internet!- I’ve just accidentally stumbled upon your article,
  and I just LOVE it very much!
  you, Sir, are really brilliant, and really ‘get it’!
  I think I’m gonna share this to my friends! lol

  Keep writing, and sharing to the world!
  -Niki-
  http://www.myspace.com/nikiwonotomusic (for a soothing, sweet & tranquil journey in music ^^)

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  torycar at 2009-11-19T02:56:13.

  UUUHUUUUH man Richard X. Thripp and the rest of you guys yall seem soooooooooo smart I can’t image what your lives are like yall most can do like a thousand things a day like that guy L or N off deatnote I would say Light but he used his power of smartness for power and killing, but yall seem cool man how did yall cultivate yall minds like that. I try to be like the guys in ff8 and ff7 HAA! Ha! HA! HAA! I know it might sounds funny and stuff but I try to live like that. I can sense an artistic energy about this poem that you have I can tell that you are a very powerful and nice individual and I’m trying sound like some suck up… You know I can understand your poem about how you feel about being a genius! and that why I am writing this because that thing about not needing a budget I have been notice that about ff8 and ff7 how they can just Have ton of money things from fighting monster OH! and I love that game by the way I am thinking about designing my own. And what the hey I tell you my real Name It’s Tory Hughley I the reason I didn’t put that in the first place was because I don’t know I try to take personal sercurity in to consideration but whatever can’t spend your life in a safe little bubble.!! anyway If interests you would you like you share knowledge about certain subjects! It’s wierd but I can sense at of indept knowledge about your poem can tell that a smarter person HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! had to design it. I got thing about talking too much you know I so much to share and tell people about my plains in life and subjects that can be extremely useful to people, but sadly can’t share it and no this is not some inforcommercial scam I just really can’t share it with people it sucks!! I just can for some silly reason enither they just don’t want to hear it or they are not open to it!! I even try thinking about it on super extreme obssesion level but nope none of it works…In the end I think I am just waste to myself and to others and to God. I try to sound so down I’m not it just man I know I could don’t or help some in a freakin increible way but I just can do it for some reason. I try in create the flow because I know you gotta let the genius just flow it can’t be explain. So I am just asking you for some ideas. I know if you could you use some money or something I know plenty of ways get that over the internet with affianlte marketing and clickbank. I haven’t made any money yet my mind is not developed indept in intellect. I am more of a spiritual person like ryu off street fighter and slash or like dante off of devil may cry. well thats about it uuuuhhhuuh write me back aye man!!!! Dang I talk too much!!!! It just some much I wanna share I am tried of always doing for myself…. Well some money would be nice wont be poor no moe!!!

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-11-23T23:43:00.

  Thanks Tory! Well, I haven’t been producing hardly any art, writing, or programming the past two months, so I don’t feel I’m doing too much. You can do a lot of creative stuff for a while and then just ride the wake.

  Your comment is all over the place… it’s like a stream of consciousness. And you keep repeating yourself. I hope I’m not replying to some computer script. Start out with a blog with Google AdSense to make money online, though that can still be difficult. Good luck.

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  maddi at 2009-10-01T01:15:43.

  Thanks, you helped me think of ideas for a job for my boyfriend(dumb)

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-10-04T01:20:48.

  You’re welcome Maddi! Maybe you can make him into one of the smart people. Don’t make him smarter though, or he might out-fox you.

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  MiChElLe ReYes at 2009-10-27T19:21:16.

  wtffff you weirdooo

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-10-30T22:43:34.

  The original commenter was weirder.

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  Anonymous at 2009-11-14T02:05:44.

  dumb people are afraid
  smart people learn to live with fear
  smarter people conquer fear

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-11-16T01:15:47.

  I’m starting to think that fear is always there… you just ignore it after a while, with practice.

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  N.T.P. at 2009-09-04T03:12:09.

  I thought it was great. My favorite gem was the comment about IQ tests. It reminds me of this perspective I have about my students. Dumb people are insecure about their intelligence, thus they try desperately to prove it(usually to no avail). Smart people brag about their intelligence, citing their grades, scores, or any acadamic achievements. Smarter people thrive on the other two fighting over the distinction of their intelligence. They never call dumb people dumb, nor do they belittle smart people. They give the dumb credit when they try to convince & give the smart credit when they brag. The truly intelligent do these things in order to manipulate it. As long as the other two are complacent & and sense approval, both will continue to stay just as they are, not realizing they could adapt and become “smarter”! Sure enough, I notice that these are the students who have become the most successful, both in life & their work. I hope I didn’t contradict your article because, as I said, I really enjoyed it. - NTP

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-09-04T21:03:51.

  That is very true! The smarter people may not even think they are “manipulating” the less smart people into remaining complacent. They don’t brag or bring down others because it isn’t in their personalities.

  I try to be one of them. Sometimes I fail miserably… other times I make friends with everyone.

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  N.T.P. at 2009-09-12T03:46:23.

  Absolutely! i think it is completely inadvertent, not a cheap ploy to safeguard their superiority. Don’t worry, we all occasionally fair miserably! Eventually it becomes second-natured. Anyway, good luck in school & I look forward to reading your insights in the future. - NTP

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-09-15T22:45:38.

  Thanks man! Bragging never works. Don’t praise yourself—let others do it.

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  DestroySapien at 2009-08-07T04:51:36.

  Good but could use some revision.

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-08-07T06:33:21.

  Probably… I wrote it quickly and it upsets me reading it now.

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  Shannae at 2009-08-06T15:16:47.

  This is honestly the most wonderful thing I’ve read it a long time! I never even heard of you until today when I was introduced to this particular blog. Now I am intrigued, and excited to read more of your writtings.

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-08-07T06:33:47.

  Wow really? I don’t think it’s that great. Thanks though!

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  nirusha at 2009-07-26T18:42:22.

  r u a vegeterian?

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-07-27T13:35:23.

  I was from October to December, but I stopped because I started losing my sense of taste and smell. I could bite into a lemon and it would hardly taste bitter. I wasn’t eating a good variety of foods. I’m going to return to vegetarianism next month.

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  Nirusha at 2009-07-28T19:00:01.

  hehe I stopped eating meat a year ago…it’s not that hard when you do it for the right reason…I read your article about becoming veg…I enjoyed reading it!!

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-07-30T04:43:04.

  Thanks… yeah, I have to pay better attention to my diet. Can’t eat ramen noodles all the time; have to throw in a lot of good fruits and vegetables and healthful stuff. I’m going to stop eating meat for good this time on my 18th birthday (August 17 next month).

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  silencebwell at 2009-06-06T23:40:24.

  Like someone else said…refreshing. But I don’t like the first one. I think it should be:

  Dumb people follow the rules.
  Smart people make the rules.
  Smarter people know there’s no such things as rules.

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  Richard Johnson at 2008-11-18T14:35:35.

  This is the most refreshing personal development article I’ve read in ages. Good job. Though, personally, I would restructure this one:

  Dumb people guess.
  Smart people ask.
  Smarter people assume.

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  Dumb people guess.
  Smart people assume.
  Smarter people ask.

  My favourite is the one about religion.

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2008-11-18T16:53:31.

  I’m trying to think of what I was thinking when I wrote that… It was that smart people ask permission to do things, i.e. asking their family if they can start a business, or their friends if they’re allowed to write a book. Smarter people assume the decisions are up to them, rather than the permission of other people.

  That could actually go the other way though, in that smarter people make false assumptions while smart people ask and find out the truth. In fact, that’s what I’m getting from it now, and I don’t like it.

  I’ve changed it!

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  Max at 2008-10-06T21:48:37.

  Great article!
  I disagree with the vegetarian part, but agree with pretty much all of the others. Especially the IQ test. A kid in my Civics class thinks he’s god, and he started talking to my by stating his IQ, and asked me mine. I said IQ wasn’t important, since it didn’t take common sense into account, and knowing the next square won’t let me live a better life. I think he thinks I’m an idiot, but I don’t care.

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-06T22:03:25.

  You’re on the right track. Don’t live for A’s at school either. If you do that, then you’re handing your happiness over to others.

  IQ tests mean nothing.

  If other people think you’re crazy, you know you’re on the right path.

  Dare to break social norms, not for mere rebellion, but for improvement.

  Also: do something great. I’m glad you think this is a great article, because if you didn’t, I shouldn’t have written it.

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  Kikolani - Poetry | Photography | Blogging Tips at 2008-10-03T21:00:51.

  This is very good. Although I am on Myspace, I am also on Facebook and spend an appropriate amount of time outside, so I think it balances out. My fiancé would also agree about what smarter people think about college. He saved me from spending thousands of dollars a year under the misguided concept that I had to go to college to do what I wanted to. When in fact, I already am doing the things I want without it, with the mental awareness that if I want to learn something, I can get the information on my own through the many resources that are out there today, vs. paying someone to tell me what to think about a particular subject.

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-05T20:29:55.

  Thank you Miss Kikolani! I go on Facebook too to catch up with friends, but I don’t spend much time there because I’d rather be taking new pictures or writing new articles while talking to people in person.

  College can be good; I would’ve never learned as much as I have about math and physics on my own because I wouldn’t have the motivation. But if you have the motivation like you do with poetry or I do with photography, college feels limiting. Especially since they have “one right way” to do things.

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  Michael Michalowski at 2008-10-03T09:17:30.

  this is really great .. is it selfwritten?

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-03T10:07:17.

  Yes, wrote this yesterday. I started with the one on IQ tests and kept going from there.

  Thanks!

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