Comments by "Ton Bong" (@tongobong1) on "Why Stupidity is Power | Priceless Benefits of Being Stupid" video.

The truth is quite different. Being stupid or appearing stupid has its benefits but it also has many disadvantages. People like high status people more and being smart increases the status while being stupid decreases the status and with that the possibilities to form friendship, get a date, make a deal, get a good job... Sometimes it is really more beneficial to look stupid but most of the time it is better to look smart.
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Stupid people underestimated COVID and many of them died or almost died.
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@MattAngiono We are shocked by the number of Ukrainians that lost lives because of the war there yet only about 0.25% of Ukrainians died because of the war approx. 100 thousand of 40 million. In my country COVID killed 0.3% of people so it killed higher percentage of people than war in Ukraine. It is just stupid to ignore such a huge number in your home country while being shocked by the smaller number of killed in foreign country right?
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@chosenone8685 almost everything you have you got from someone in exchange for something he needed. It is beneficial if the exchange was good for you because he/she liked you.
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It is interesting that many people like losers more than winners because themselves are losers and they envy winners.
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@RialuCaos it really depends on situation. If you want to impress a girl or want to get a high paying job you better impress them immediately. If you want to hide from responsibility or defeat an opponent that doesn't see you as a great threat it is better to appear rather dumb...
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@MattAngiono you should know that being an airplane or helicopter pilot is the 3rd most deadly profession in the world.
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@MattAngiono people that are good at assessing risks don't work in the most deadly professions. Airliners are spreading a big fat lie that airplanes are safer than cars. In reality cars are much safer than airplanes.
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