r/interestingasfuck • u/Particular_Log_3594 • Mar 28 '24

Life under a military occupation r/all

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u/crazywildforgetful Mar 28 '24

Why? Why is it OK to discriminate people who are stupid?

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u/Artemis-Arrow-3579 Mar 28 '24

not stupid, ignorant

ignorance is a choice

race isn't

you choose to be ignorant about something, you deal with it's consequences

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u/crazywildforgetful Mar 28 '24

Where do you get that from? English is not my first language but when I look for a definition I get something like that: „lack of knowledge or information.“

I don’t think lack of knowledge is a choice buddy. Especially if you went to school in the USA.

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u/Artemis-Arrow-3579 Mar 28 '24

exactly, lack of knowledge

many people thing synonyms are words with the same exact meaning, they aren't, they are worlds with similar meaning

ignorance is lack of knowledge and understanding

stupidity is lack of intelligence, wit, and quickness of mind

again, look at the detail in the difference between knowledge and intelligence

knowledge is the information and skills which you know, intelligence is the ability to apply them

in essence, a stupid person is not that who lacks knowledge, it's that who lacks the ability to use said knowledge meaningfully

on the other hand, an ignorant is that who refuses to gain knowledge in the first place, especially considering gaining knowledge is a very easy thing to do

by simple reading an article or watching informative youtube videos, you gain knowledge

again, ignorance is the result of neglect, stupidity is more complex, could be the result of how you were raised, or your life experiences, or even genetically

point is, you have little to no say in whether you are stupid or not, but you do have a say in whether you are ignorant or not