Why do people think they're so smart?

Constantly irked by this faux intelligence, this "illusory competence".
Want to dispose of them in a swamp of starved alligators.
Or (as a more fitting test of their "genius"), leave them on a deserted island to fend for themselves.

You're an idiot. I'm an idiot. We are all idiots masquerading as "experts" in an attempt to get scraps of manmade creations such as "recognition", "status", and "compensation" thrown at us. It's quite sad.

We all know very little about what really matters. Pretending otherwise doesn't change the fact(s).

 

If it helps, just think of society and "the system" as a game. You can choose to play it, or ignore it and end up as a forgotten, unwanted man lying in the dumps.

 

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