Nietzsche had an A to this Q so did alot of other philosophers before and after him. Socrates made fun of fools and sophists.
This is an informal version of a philosophy Q that so many of U informal unschooled philosophers prefer. Is it biological as in genetic? It just comes with your genetic package, does it?
2007-11-20 11:25:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
pri·me·val (pr-mvl) KEY ???
ADJECTIVE:
Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient: a primeval forest.
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2007-11-20 11:54:32 · update #1
"But it boils down to the fact that usually people don't like feeling like lesser of a person." Alfred Adler's psychology is definetely based on that premise.
2007-11-20 12:03:21 · update #2
"There is no such thing as a stupid person, just those who choose to be ignorant." No Joe! A stupid person knows ignorance is bad but choses to be ignorant anyway! Ignorance is a natural condition until you decide to learn how not to be ignorant. Stupidity is a choice, Ignorance is not a choice! TWH
2007-11-20 12:10:35 · update #3
Doesn't make sense:"intimidated bec the smart people rub it in". Isn't stupidity not a lable you put on on others, but one we earn by our bad choices -like the choice to remain ignorant!
2007-11-20 13:18:49 · update #4
I love to watch sardonic South Park. Who is the character in your avatar?
2007-11-20 13:22:07 · update #5
Most people at any level of intelligence are capable of recognizing as an abstract proposition that there are people smarter than themselves in the world.
But the idea that most folk form of the "smarter people" is this: They're people who agree with me, but can explain it all more effectively.
As soon as a "smarter person" disagrees with you, he/she violates this premise, and comes in for vituperation.
2007-11-21 01:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Christopher F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"There is no such thing as a stupid person, just those who choose to be ignorant." Whether it is based on a lack of interest, motivation, or they truly can't retain the information very well... The fact of the matter is they are at opposite sides of things. One being the informed, the other not. Sometimes there is resentment due to the persons ability to pick up on things quickly, while other times a person may think of the smart as some kind of showboats. But it boils down to the fact that usually people don't like feeling like lesser of a person.
CyberNara
Yeah... I guess the quote isn't right. It was stated more for meaning everyone has the potential to do better. Lets face it, not many people REALLY strive to be the best. In most cases people settle into comfort zones and stay there.
2007-11-20 11:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by Joe K 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Let's think in terms of degrees, and not in terms of two extreme poles separated apart. Not all stupid people hate really smart people. On the contrary, some stupid people admire them. And if you turn the tables, smart people do sometimes, but not always, hate stupid people. And again, they feel pity for them, not for ignorance but for lack of the required or necessary education.
We should think of spectrum here, my friend, when it comes to what seems like disparate concepts. There's a saying, in English proverbs: Pride and poverty are disparate concepts yet they sometimes go together. Even in contradiction, an astute mind can always find a middle ground between the two diametrically opposed views or propositions.
Cheers!
2007-11-21 01:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by Lance 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The same reason that smart people hate stupid people, or rather why "salts of the earth" hate "wits" or "academics"- because everyone that can be classified consequently belongs to a assembly of people (aka "potential mob"). And if you're not hip to the workings of a particular potential mob, and their ways and means are strange to you, they are- strategically- a potential danger to you. Being different from you, they may try to attain your strengths to shore up their weaknesses and social viability. Conversely, and very likely, their strengths are well-suited to defeat your weaknesses. This is why every clan but the speaker's has control of the media, the World Bank, and is destroying America.
2007-11-20 11:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Attention Is Being Taken Away From Them, They Want To Be Center Fold
2007-11-20 14:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's a hate as much as I don't think it's jealousy. I think that "stupid" people are INTIMIDATED by "smart" people. The average person of a really high intelligence knows it and rubs it in everyones face. Since stupidity is not something the average person is proud of it tends to remain hidden. You are not likely to be intimidated by a stupid person unless you do not know the full extent of your intelligence.
2007-11-20 12:46:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 basic A's, as U put it.
1. Jealousy...people always want what they don't have.
2. Fear...people fear what they do not understand.
Public schools "educate" people into believing that everyone is the same, every one is equal.
Any one who has met a variety of people knows that the difference in intelligence between people is greater than the difference between "stupid people" and dumb animals.
2007-11-20 11:33:38 · answer #7 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Stupid people think they are smart and hate smart people for being smarter than them, or they just think that the smart people are the stupid ones.
2007-11-20 12:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by Alma K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are stupid.
Or stupid because of low emotional intelligence and can't figure out why they are illogical for hating people for no reason.
2007-11-20 11:56:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are just jealous!
2007-11-20 11:28:33 · answer #10 · answered by ellie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋