I have experienced this same phenomenon - it has deteriorated meaningfully in the last 20 years. If it wasn’t for Covid, I would still be clinging to my romantic view of average human behavior. It is the silver lining - the sheeple outed themselves is grand peacocking fashion. This is very helpful information.
There's a direct correlation between faith in God and CSF. The higher the faith in our Creator the higher the CSF. This is because our Creator endows each of us with the gift of discernment. Those of us who trust his infinite wisdom will rely on his greatest gift he endowed us with to protect us from a world of illusion and deceit. Those of us who don't end up placing our trust in "experts" or our own reasoning that is misinformed and easily duped by "experts."
We are witnessing, experiencing the diminished capacity of the population we live among to practice common sense. That directly correlates with the diminished population of those who have faith in God, and their own, innate discernment, that expresses itself as Common Sense.
Many of the folks that I know and “ assumed “ had superior IQs were amongst the most “captured” during the great pandemic …..falling all over themselves to be in compliance with the “experts”. It was an eye opener for me to realize how moronic they actually were ! I continue to be astounded at how tone deaf they were and wonder to this day why I ever admired them ! No we are not safe but it will only be those who have common sense who will have a chance .
Typically, in our weird culture, high-IQ people tend to immerse themselves in the "ways of the culture" in order to put their smartness to good use...they become doctors, lawyers, CEOs, financial gurus, etc, by complying with the morés of the culture—socially, academically (when in school), nearly everything by the book—to get to the "best" universities, get the best jobs, etc. You can't be a renegade or a maverick or a free thinker and get the high spots the culture has to offer. Of course, there are some very notable exceptions to this...and in fact, probably the HIGHEST acheivers are exceptions...Musk, Gates, Bezos, etc...These exceptions may LOOK like they are conformists, but I bet they are not, they are at the top, and are part of the agenda!
Agree with most of the article. On the other hand, I am convinced that part of the problem with those who blindly follow "the agenda" is precisely that they are always in great fear of "the worst". The official agenda is that you have to follow their orders because otherwise, humankind will be doomed to "the worst". I am almost 72, and all my life I have been hearing predictions of "the worst": the planet was going to freeze, now the polar caps are going to melt and Florida will sink. The ozone layer was going to dissappear and everybody would die of skin cancer. Covid was the worst pandemic and everyone would die unless everyone got "vaccinated". Maybe "the worst" will happen after I die. In the meantime, I refuse to live in fear of "the worst".
What you describe is definitely an agenda practice...they have been using it for quite a while. But it is also part of human nature to think the boogeyman is always around the corner. Drama is always more interesting than good times.
I too assumed most people were pretty smart, and as a child I assumed you grew smarter as you aged. As a child I also assumed that the kids who were greedy, spiteful and mean bullies would gradually became honest, kind and decent adults. What a disappointment.
I think you nailed it with the "lack of curiosity" comment...I think I wrote an article about that a while back...maybe a couple of times. But I think that really is it...the lazy idea fits too...people are so overwhelmed with the "instant gratification" drive that anything that takes any effort is ignored.
150 IQ??? Wow!! You are damn smart!! When I was in grade 8, I think they did a standard IQ evaluation for all the students. I believe I was 145 or thereabouts (I could easily be wrong with this memory, because I can't imagine that I had that high an IQ; I am NOT that smart). I would say I am closer to average, MAYBE a tad higher). Anyway, I do recall my mother telling me that number; I had no idea what it meant, but it made a bit of a hoopla because my grades were so bad (I graduated HS with a 1.2 average!). The admin at the school couldn't figure it out; they called my mom in for a special consultation, totally perplexed why a kid with that high an IQ would be doing so poorly academically. Gee...I wonder why???
I think George Carlin spelled it out quite eloquently and succinctly, if a tad bluntly.
"I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me. Sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize: the government does not give a fuck about them. The government doesn’t care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare, or your safety. It simply doesn’t give a fuck about you. It’s interested in its own power. That’s the only thing, keeping it and expanding it wherever possible.”
Yes, when I was younger I hated Carlin's arrogance...now I think he was a genius. It is true that I never believed his "first rule" until now. And if you don't believe it, it is very hard to give any credence to what we are seeing. I always thought that government had good intentions...and if things went wrong, like CIA blunders, etc, it was always due to some rogue element in the government. Now I know better.
After reading your post Todd, maybe before covid you (we) weren't forced to see what was happening. Then the plandemic hit and the blinders fell from your (our) eyes because common sense forced an awakening. It is interesting that it's called common sense because from my viewpoint, it isn't that common by the looks of things.
Growing up, people developed their own conclusions because common sense was their 'survival meter'. Now people are so brainwashed by the public education system, the universities, and of course, mainstream media and all the public institutions (control grids). Therefore, thinking for oneself is a forgotten art. The Agenda = Control.
I have experienced this same phenomenon - it has deteriorated meaningfully in the last 20 years. If it wasn’t for Covid, I would still be clinging to my romantic view of average human behavior. It is the silver lining - the sheeple outed themselves is grand peacocking fashion. This is very helpful information.
There's a direct correlation between faith in God and CSF. The higher the faith in our Creator the higher the CSF. This is because our Creator endows each of us with the gift of discernment. Those of us who trust his infinite wisdom will rely on his greatest gift he endowed us with to protect us from a world of illusion and deceit. Those of us who don't end up placing our trust in "experts" or our own reasoning that is misinformed and easily duped by "experts."
We are witnessing, experiencing the diminished capacity of the population we live among to practice common sense. That directly correlates with the diminished population of those who have faith in God, and their own, innate discernment, that expresses itself as Common Sense.
I think common sense went out the window a long time ago.
Yep
Many of the folks that I know and “ assumed “ had superior IQs were amongst the most “captured” during the great pandemic …..falling all over themselves to be in compliance with the “experts”. It was an eye opener for me to realize how moronic they actually were ! I continue to be astounded at how tone deaf they were and wonder to this day why I ever admired them ! No we are not safe but it will only be those who have common sense who will have a chance .
Typically, in our weird culture, high-IQ people tend to immerse themselves in the "ways of the culture" in order to put their smartness to good use...they become doctors, lawyers, CEOs, financial gurus, etc, by complying with the morés of the culture—socially, academically (when in school), nearly everything by the book—to get to the "best" universities, get the best jobs, etc. You can't be a renegade or a maverick or a free thinker and get the high spots the culture has to offer. Of course, there are some very notable exceptions to this...and in fact, probably the HIGHEST acheivers are exceptions...Musk, Gates, Bezos, etc...These exceptions may LOOK like they are conformists, but I bet they are not, they are at the top, and are part of the agenda!
Agree with most of the article. On the other hand, I am convinced that part of the problem with those who blindly follow "the agenda" is precisely that they are always in great fear of "the worst". The official agenda is that you have to follow their orders because otherwise, humankind will be doomed to "the worst". I am almost 72, and all my life I have been hearing predictions of "the worst": the planet was going to freeze, now the polar caps are going to melt and Florida will sink. The ozone layer was going to dissappear and everybody would die of skin cancer. Covid was the worst pandemic and everyone would die unless everyone got "vaccinated". Maybe "the worst" will happen after I die. In the meantime, I refuse to live in fear of "the worst".
What you describe is definitely an agenda practice...they have been using it for quite a while. But it is also part of human nature to think the boogeyman is always around the corner. Drama is always more interesting than good times.
I too assumed most people were pretty smart, and as a child I assumed you grew smarter as you aged. As a child I also assumed that the kids who were greedy, spiteful and mean bullies would gradually became honest, kind and decent adults. What a disappointment.
Yes, some definitely do not, but I have experienced a few who did mature with age...
Very true. Why do so many not hit pause when told there’s no need to figure things out for themselves?
When I was younger, I had an “IQ” of 150. Housewife and stay-at-home mom. We homeschooled most of our kids. Nothing unusual about me.
But I could see the lack of common sense in the population and wondered why.
I would ask my kids, “Does that make sense?”
The biggest problem that I can see is the lack of curiosity. So much of the population does not wonder why and does not ask—does that make sense.
Is it just laziness? Most empires fall apart when the people become satisfied and lazy
I think you nailed it with the "lack of curiosity" comment...I think I wrote an article about that a while back...maybe a couple of times. But I think that really is it...the lazy idea fits too...people are so overwhelmed with the "instant gratification" drive that anything that takes any effort is ignored.
150 IQ??? Wow!! You are damn smart!! When I was in grade 8, I think they did a standard IQ evaluation for all the students. I believe I was 145 or thereabouts (I could easily be wrong with this memory, because I can't imagine that I had that high an IQ; I am NOT that smart). I would say I am closer to average, MAYBE a tad higher). Anyway, I do recall my mother telling me that number; I had no idea what it meant, but it made a bit of a hoopla because my grades were so bad (I graduated HS with a 1.2 average!). The admin at the school couldn't figure it out; they called my mom in for a special consultation, totally perplexed why a kid with that high an IQ would be doing so poorly academically. Gee...I wonder why???
Yep. I struggled in high school also, and they called my mother in to express their frustration Lol
Poor Mom. She was so intelligent and couldn’t understand why I didn’t try harder. She knew I did well when I was interested.
Finally went to college in my early 50’s, after my kids were finished with school. Loved it. Maturity helps…
I think George Carlin spelled it out quite eloquently and succinctly, if a tad bluntly.
"I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me. Sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize: the government does not give a fuck about them. The government doesn’t care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare, or your safety. It simply doesn’t give a fuck about you. It’s interested in its own power. That’s the only thing, keeping it and expanding it wherever possible.”
Yes, when I was younger I hated Carlin's arrogance...now I think he was a genius. It is true that I never believed his "first rule" until now. And if you don't believe it, it is very hard to give any credence to what we are seeing. I always thought that government had good intentions...and if things went wrong, like CIA blunders, etc, it was always due to some rogue element in the government. Now I know better.
One must first believe in their own immortality and that there’s an ever present force with ill intentions
Sadly, or I should say, frighteningly, this is true.
After reading your post Todd, maybe before covid you (we) weren't forced to see what was happening. Then the plandemic hit and the blinders fell from your (our) eyes because common sense forced an awakening. It is interesting that it's called common sense because from my viewpoint, it isn't that common by the looks of things.
Growing up, people developed their own conclusions because common sense was their 'survival meter'. Now people are so brainwashed by the public education system, the universities, and of course, mainstream media and all the public institutions (control grids). Therefore, thinking for oneself is a forgotten art. The Agenda = Control.