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When your logic sucks and your body is physically weak, you have to be able to influence people emotionally to get what you want.
Cunning is not a form of intelligence in so much as it is leveraged dishonesty used to influence/trick another into a personally desired outcome. https://twitter.com/thedriverprofit/status/1248985285624565761">https://twitter.com/thedriver...
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Tricking someone doesn& #39;t mean you have a higher cognitive capacity (IQ) than they do, it simply means you understand human nature better than they do, and so are less naive and able to behave in a way that exploits this nature to achieve your objectives better than they can.
Understanding human nature to a level high enough to become proficiently cunning does not require a very high IQ.
You will see, for example, the average third world person (with a much lower IQ) is far more cunning (due to a harder life) than the average first world person.
You will see, for example, the average third world person (with a much lower IQ) is far more cunning (due to a harder life) than the average first world person.
This is why westerners look stupid to them, despite the fact in terms of raw IQ/cognitive ability, westerners are actually far smarter than them.
Wisdom (which can be found in the bible/quran) does not require high IQ to be retained and applied so long as its crux is understood.
Wisdom (which can be found in the bible/quran) does not require high IQ to be retained and applied so long as its crux is understood.
So cunning is not intellectual horsepower, and neither is wisdom
Cunning is leveraged dishonesty predicated on an understanding of human nature, which has a low intellectual barrier to entry
And wisdom is pattern recognition codified into things like proverbs
Cunning is leveraged dishonesty predicated on an understanding of human nature, which has a low intellectual barrier to entry
And wisdom is pattern recognition codified into things like proverbs
I find a greater incidence of practical but not abstract wisdom and low scale cunning in poor people, who by nature of being poor, tend to be lower IQ than their betters.
Why is this?
Because when life is a struggle, these practical things are how you optimise for survival.
Why is this?
Because when life is a struggle, these practical things are how you optimise for survival.
What do I mean by practical but not abstract?
It& #39;s about optimising for survival.
Understanding the relationship between chaos and order for example could be deemed wisdom - but it isnt practical, its very abstract and requires a lot of synthesis - low IQs aren& #39;t wise like this
It& #39;s about optimising for survival.
Understanding the relationship between chaos and order for example could be deemed wisdom - but it isnt practical, its very abstract and requires a lot of synthesis - low IQs aren& #39;t wise like this
Average IQs can recognise patterns of behaviour within people given repeated exposure & act accordingly to protect themselves from, or leverage this behaviour to their advantage. But it& #39;s a surface level of understanding that works IN PRACTICE. They cannot drill down to the root.
This is why you have 140 IQ programmer STEM dudes getting duped by 105 IQ girls.
The high IQ guy has a lot of intellectual horsepower, but he doesn& #39;t understand human nature well enough to recognise threats and act in a way that ensures his best interests.
The high IQ guy has a lot of intellectual horsepower, but he doesn& #39;t understand human nature well enough to recognise threats and act in a way that ensures his best interests.
Mainstream calls the distinctions I make here "book smart" and "street smart"
Book smart = high IQ, capacity for abstraction/synthesis, knowledge of systems/the material world
Street smart = a good understanding of people, and the ability to achieve desirous outcomes with them
Book smart = high IQ, capacity for abstraction/synthesis, knowledge of systems/the material world
Street smart = a good understanding of people, and the ability to achieve desirous outcomes with them
But street smarts aren& #39;t "smart" like book smarts are, because they aren& #39;t genetic and they& #39;re learnable to everyone
People with high IQs can become street smart, but people with low IQs cannot become book smart.
It& #39;s a one way system.
People with high IQs can become street smart, but people with low IQs cannot become book smart.
It& #39;s a one way system.
What I will say is that people of lower intelligence and greater poverty tend to accumulate practical life wisdom quicker than others, and rely on cunning more as a means of survival, as they are largely unable to produce an economic surplus without somehow "cheating"
I will also say that women are by the by more naturally equipped with an obsession with, and a propensity for - people, understanding people, and manipulating people via emotion.
This is effectively the bread and butter of a woman& #39;s entire modus operandi in this life.
This is effectively the bread and butter of a woman& #39;s entire modus operandi in this life.
It takes the average man a long time to catch up to the average woman in matters of cunning, and being able to influence/win people with emotion/tactics.
There are natural exceptions to this, take sociopaths for example, who do very well with women despite their destructiveness.
There are natural exceptions to this, take sociopaths for example, who do very well with women despite their destructiveness.
This is why in terms of dating and age differences, the man should always be wiser and more manipulative than the woman, if you wish to maximise the odds of a successful long-term union.
Fertility and looks aside, this is why dating much younger pays a man greater dividends.
Fertility and looks aside, this is why dating much younger pays a man greater dividends.
High IQ isn& #39;t enough to carry you through in this life.
Understanding people is paramount, as we are a social species.
In terms of a 2x2 dominance/success/power rating matrix:
High IQ/high mach >
Low IQ/high mach >
High IQ/low mach >
Low IQ/low mach https://twitter.com/TellYourSonThis/status/1248997444907667461">https://twitter.com/TellYourS...
Understanding people is paramount, as we are a social species.
In terms of a 2x2 dominance/success/power rating matrix:
High IQ/high mach >
Low IQ/high mach >
High IQ/low mach >
Low IQ/low mach https://twitter.com/TellYourSonThis/status/1248997444907667461">https://twitter.com/TellYourS...
High IQ/High Mach professions:
Investment bankers (finance generally exempting accountants), lawyers, politicians, psychiatrists - (complexity dealing with people)
High IQ/Low Mach professions:
Academics, programmers/coders - complexity dealing with abstractions/systems
Investment bankers (finance generally exempting accountants), lawyers, politicians, psychiatrists - (complexity dealing with people)
High IQ/Low Mach professions:
Academics, programmers/coders - complexity dealing with abstractions/systems
