Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental health

Re:Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental... by ekianjo on Sunday April 01, 2018 @06:49AM (#16727667)

You seem to conveniently ignore the mass of german intellectuals who supported the national socialist regime, as well as industrialists and artists. Even outside Germany the Third Reich had its share of supporters among elites. Lets not falsify History by pretending only stupid people were nazi supporters.

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Re:Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental... by verbify on Sunday April 01, 2018 @08:42AM (#16727980)

There were intellectuals who supported the Nazis, there are intellectuals who currently support the alt-right and believe in establishing ethno-states. But it's negatively correlated.

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Re:Time to talk about why so many postgrads have poor mental... by ekianjo on Sunday April 01, 2018 @11:44AM (#16728846)

> But it's negatively correlated.

Negatively correlated? We'd need hard and reliable data to compare and make proper judgment here, and it is going to be difficult since almost everyone involved is not neutral.

The problem is that as humans, we tend to believe that the ones who support different parties/ideologies have low IQ compared to our own parties/ideologies.

It is far from being obvious because intelligence and education is usually widespread among various groups and currents of thoughts.

As individuals it is actually very dangerous to think in this way, because it leads us to underestimate our adversaries wherever they are.

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