[ExI] Nootropics and Anders

Rafal Smigrodzki rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com
Fri Dec 27 16:34:43 UTC 2013


On 12/27/13, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The other main disadvantage to being made twice as smart is that very
> smart people are often contemptuous of lesser intelligences.

### Are you implying that there is a positive correlation between high
intelligence and contempt for humanity?

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 We see
> this already in the finance industry elite. They see 'normal' people
> as there to be robbed and swindled. All the top university graduates
> that go to work in finance (because the salaries are better) don't
> necessarily go there with the intention to swindle everybody. But peer
> pressure makes them join in, because the game gives them such big
> rewards with little downside. (They never see the ruined lives they
> cause - just the millionaire lifestyle they have).

### Some people seem to have a lot of contempt for bankers but an
amazing willingness to give politicians a pass. Wonder why.

Rafal



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