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[-] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

No. Stupid isn’t something you choose. As an adult, bigotry absolutely is.

[-] regeya@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Ignorance is a choice, too. I've met so many people who are proud of being ignorant. I once met a woman who was in her mid 30s who was explicitly against learning new things because...reasons?

[-] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ignorance can be something you choose, but only if you’re actually smart enough to make the choice.

[-] dottedgreenline@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago
[-] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Gonna have to agree to disagree on that one, barring very different understandings of the word “stupidity.” Cognition and action are different things, and pretending they’re the same doesn’t improve the efficacy of interventions.

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