The most stupid people are the most emotional ( conspiracy )

submitted by Conspirologist

The most stupid people are the most emotional. The problem is that the majority of people are stupid, therefore they are completely affected by emotional speeches. The church knows this, independent preachers know this, con men know this, the politicians know this, the mass media know this. Anybody who has to successfully talk to random strangers knows this. When you switch off from the mass media, the first thing you notice is the lack of emotional bullshit speeches.

JennaBushCumDumpster

The most stupid are the religious, you disgusting Christfaggot!

followthemoney

Being emotional makes you stupid. Neurologically, you rob energy from the front part of your brain which is the reasoning part and divert energy to more basic operations.

GoBravo

No.The thing is that most human can't relay handle emotion.We don't understand emotion.Can you? It's like Achilles' heel.

Horrux

Actually, you have it reversed. The most emotional people are the most easily made stupid, because emotion makes you stupid.

Ever tried concentrating and doing something complex quickly and well while somebody is screaming bloody murder at you while holding a weapon?

Try it.

You will see when that happens even if you are super smart, you'll become dumb as a rock.

Conspirologist

Doesn't work with me. I started training to suppress emotions since teen age.

Horrux

Yes, it still works. NOT FEELING your emotions is not the same as NOT HAVING them.

Nosense

You are going to need to sharpen up your grammar before posting on this topic.

capnflummox

“People are stupid. They can be made to believe any lie because either they want to believe it's true or because they are afraid it's true.”

Wizards' First Rule by Terry Goodkind

Horrux

Crappy author, I slogged through that whole series and OMG I was so glad when, was the last title "Confessor"? was finished. I swore to never, ever read anything by him again.

And a decade or two later there was a TV show "the Seeker of Truth" which I promptly renamed "The Sucker of Trouts" for its unbearable shittiness.

Still, a good quote and very valid. Upvoted. ;-)

capnflummox

Yeah I agree some parts of those books are just a slog to read through. I made it up to book 8, I think. It's been a long time since I re-read them.

Horrux

Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" is a lot better, although it seems needlessly complicated and long for no reason, you can just skip from book 5 to book 10 or so LOL. I think it has 14 total? If you like fantasy, you have got to read Brandon Sanderson, the very best in the genre, IMHO.

BushChuck

This is why only land-owning men over the age of thirty should vote on anything.