My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.
Robert Anton WilsonRead
In summary, Intelligence Intensification is desirable, because there is not a single problem confronting humanity that is not either caused or considerably worsened by the prevailing stupidity (insensitivity) of the species: badly wired robots bumping into and maiming and killing each other.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Enhancing intelligence is crucial as many of humanity's problems stem from ignorance and insensitivity.
This quote from Robert Anton Wilson emphasizes the importance of improving human intelligence and awareness, suggesting that many of the challenges faced by society are a result of human insensitivity and ignorance. The metaphor of 'badly wired robots' illustrates how poor understanding and awareness can lead to destructive behaviors and outcomes, highlighting the need for greater intelligence to solve these issues.
Themes
IntelligenceIgnoranceHumanityProblemsAwareness
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on environmental issues, one might use this quote to illustrate how ignorance exacerbates climate change.
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All quotes →There is no governor anywhere. You are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped. If anybody could go into dhyana at will, nobody could be controlled - by fear of prison, by fear of whips or electroshock, by fear of death, even. All existing society is based on keeping those fears alive, to control the masses. Ten people who know would be more dangerous than a million armed anarchists.
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I see anarchism as the theoretical ideal to which we are all gradually evolving to a point where everybody can tell the truth to everybody else and nobody can get punished for it. That can only happen without hierarchy and without people having the authority to punish other people.
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To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be an idealistic choice taken for purely idealistic reasons. Now it is an act of intelligent and almost desperate self-defense.
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The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.
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The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to the average primate, who instead invents emotional games (soap opera and grand opera dramatics).
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