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The smartest person on the Earth nowadays is considered by many to be Terence Tao, a professor of mathematics at UCLA, who rightfully has the nickname "the Mozart of maths." Professor Tao's recent IQ test showed a result of 230 - and this is simply unbelievable. For example, Albert Einstein never took an IQ test, but many researchers estimate his score at 160.

And what about the dumbest person ever? There are definitely no clear criteria here, and each person has their own point of view on what is considered stupid and what is not. However, people are willing to share their observations on this matter on the internet.

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For example, recently, a couple of weeks ago, the user @mariaxxnn asked this question on X: "What’s a sign of very low intelligence?" As of today, the tweet has 533 reposts, more than 6K likes and over 10.8K various quotes. Without taking into account the inevitable repetitions, of course, it turns out that human stupidity has so many different facets! So welcome to this selection of the most interesting opinions of the thread, made for you by Bored Panda!

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pfeils wife
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Racism and bigotry is a learned behavior, usually taught to children and engrained in them by their parents/family members. The fact that as they get older... they never get that 'sense' of "this doesn't feel right" ...is where the lack of intelligence comes into play. They've refused to go out and learn for themselves.

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Among the points of view presented in this selection, there are both frankly parodic, satirical, and certainly truthful. Both signs that have grown on the wave of modern hype, and some "eternal values," relevant both today and several centuries ago. And even millennia - after all, what is "celebrity worship," if not an attempt to rethink the ancient biblical commandment "Thou shalt have no other gods before me"?

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Lamarianjc
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True but also not everyone has access to birth control and the choice whether to keep the embryo or not is getting more and more restricted in the world. Accidents happen unfortunately. Don’t get me wrong, I am a parent and I am well aware that many people shouldn’t be in charge of a child but some of the current laws in the world do not make the situation any easier.

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"In fact, in such cases, when there are no clear criteria for defining a category you should always look at the context," says Valery Bolgan, a historian and editor-in-chief of the Intent news agency from Ukraine, with whom Bored Panda got in touch for a comment here. "Or consider the actions, decisions and words of people from a retrospective point of view. The more time paasses - the better."

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"For example, at the time of the Titanic's departure from the port of Southampton, buying a ticket on the most luxurious and safest ocean liner in the world certainly looked like incredible luck and the right decision. But after a few days our assessment would have changed, wouldn't it?"

"However, there are always patterns of behavior that look completely disrespectful to other people and, if they are repeated regularly, can really be regarded as a sign of low intelligence. And, what is most sad, this has almost nothing to do with the level of IQ," Valery summarizes. Yes, in the end, history knows too many cases when undoubtedly smart people repeatedly did some stupid things...

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PhaseWitFact
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is cowardice or perhaps even intelligence. An intelligent person will calculate risk vs reward and if they draw the line here will they lose an opportunity for a larger gain later.

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Weasel Wise
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gotta disagree. Psychopaths don't have empathy and are often incredibly smart. Same with narcissistic people.

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In any case, we sincerely believe that you will be interested in reading this collection, so please feel free to read and scroll it, comment on the viewpoints you find worth discussing - and for sure add your own ideas of such signs. After all, as the ancients said, "there are no limits to human stupidity" - and all we can do is to observe and study it.

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MotherofGuineaPigs
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I moved from a big city to a moderately small city. People would freak out when I drove for about a year or so living here. Big differences in driving behavior from a big city.

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Trillian
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Refusing to engage in current affairs is a form of mental healthcare right now. So lets all talk about food instead.

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Anne Reid
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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a bartender, this drives me crazy! Had someone ask for a green tea shot (Jameson, peach schnapps, sour mix and Sprite). Easy peasy because you can mix up multiple shots in a shaker. She complained “it didn’t taste strong”…it’s supposed to taste like green tea! Turns out, she didn’t want the mixers. Just the alcohol. And the kicker? She was a coworker!

BlameTheGame
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unrelated(ish) to this article, why the BP watermark on other people's responses, other people's words?

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PhaseWitFact
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I prefer silence but I know some highly intelligent people who need the noise. This is just personal preference.

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