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Originally Posted by The Flannel Guy  Tell me this, how do you see people? And do you just see kind intelligent people everywhere? And dont most people seem to act like blind children, with no real thoughts as to why they do things? That is how I see most people. |
That's because you're expecting to see dumb people. You have to change your focus.
Have you ever had this experience: you buy a car of a make and model you feel is uncommon and then
suddenly you see the exact make and model everywhere! So much for standing out.
There aren't suddenly more cars of that particular make and model, but
you are suddenly more invested in that particular type of car (because you own one) and thus you are more
focused on it.
It is the same with people. I
expect to meet smart people, so I'm focused on that. In a crowd, I tend to notice the smart people first. When someone does something that appears really stupid to
me, I'll be thinking: maybe I just don't understand why that person does this thing yet.
What also helps, of course, is that I think
most people are in fact pretty smart. By that I mean smart as in 'doing the best they can with their abilities' rather than 'high IQ' (intelligent). A high IQ is no guard against stupidity.