It makes me really sad to realize Mike Judge was only wrong about one thing in Idiocracy… that it would take 400 years for us to get there…because here we are, not even 20 years later.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    It’s your frame of reference.

    For about 1 in 1,200 people, over 80% of the population is more than 30 points below them.

    That’s the agreed upon difference where frustration is common, and even the lower IQ person will blame the smarter person for any confusion like in the movie. They literally don’t understand what the problem is, and will just throw out insults instead of of asking questions to try and understand.

    Idiocracy was if a regular 100 IQ person went to where everyone was maxing out at the equivalent of 70 and everyone else was much lower.

    But there’s always been (and always will be) the people who are already that out of place in their own time period.

    It is not a pleasant existence.

    • Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      10 days ago

      I don’t think IQ ever considered willful ignorance though. It’s meant to be based off the average intelligence of a population, but how do you factor in those that would rather be angry and hateful than think for half a second?

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        10 days ago

        how do you factor in those that would rather be angry and hateful than think for half a second?

        That’s never been new…

        And it’s a very common coping mechanism. They do think, it’s just not productive and most people get frustrated and upset.

        There’s plenty of people who have voted the same as me for president for 20 years, and when I try to explain that what we’re doing clearly isn’t working…

        They just call me nonsensical names.

        They’re not choosing to do that, they’re just failing to understand and getting upset about it. And with an IQ differential greater than 30 points, both people will be very frustrated.

        The vast majority of people believe they’re the good guys and what theyre doing will help everyone. They’re just not smart enough to see the obvious result, so when people try to explain it, it conflicts with their current behavior and they reject it.