Suppose you know you are an idiot, what profession should you choose?

[lolatency]

Quote from stoshski:

Maybe there is an "Idiot's guide to being an Idiot" book.

There should be. The reason society has problems is because not very many people are exposed to the idea that they may really be idiots and have to adjust their actions accordingly. This is the public education special snowflake effect.

 

[jficquette]

Quote from lolatency:

We all complain that stupid people don't realize they are stupid. Well, suppose there is a man who is stupid and he wakes up one morning and realizes he is stupid. He's been faking competence with random success [i.e., he fools other stupid people some of the time, fails to fool other smart people some of the time.]

Furthermore, suppose that this stupid man is not exceptional in any way; however, he is not physically deformed or handicapped in any way.

What job should this man take in order to become reasonably wealthy? Or is it even possible? Is being stupid or unexceptional so damning that the man, without outside assistance, is generally a victim of his environment?

(There's a tie in to trading, since traders often don't really realize they are stupid until after the market gives them some kind of feedback.)

Some kind of Government job.

 

[stoshski]

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[nutmeg]

Quote from stoshski:

Maybe there is an "Idiot's guide to being an Idiot" book.

There is, my former son-in - law wrote the book based on real life. Proof being an imprimatur of everyone who has crossed his path since birth and continuing to do so, (God why do I bring him up).

One classic example from the vocabulary guide.

Chablis, rhymes with jobless. AND he fricking argues with me.

 

[TraderD]

Quote from walter4:

Stock market trader in 1994.

Real estate trader in 2001.

commodity/oil 1999....

and as Jim Rogers would suggest, farmer now...

that is what you are fishing for? new trend...and you want to be a rich idiot, correct?

 

[Pauly]

Quote from lolatBushites:

Put on an expensive suit and become a Republican politician.

It's easy to get elected if you add a flag on your lapel and mouth off on Jesus on every third sentence.

once in office, take a page off Tom DeLays play book and force all lobbyists to "hire" your wife as "consultant" for high six figures.

And the best part of it all is you don't even need a high school diploma to run for Republican high office. Best paying gig around.

Putting one's political spin in these forums sucks the fun right out of them.

 

[fortunatti]

This is actually a great macroeconomic question, maybe not framed well but so relevant...

...where do the "idiots" fit in the picture? Sure there is limited opportunity in management, politics, as mentioned above...but where do the MASSES of idiots go?

We've (they've?) priced themselves out in the global labor market...

We have just created a massive population of "unskilled labor" via job losses in manufacturing AND in in so many finance jobs...areas within banking that will no longer continue to exist in their bloated form...

Where do the idiots go, what do they do?

If I'm an idiot, what should I do??

The west now has a very rapidly growing population of people who can't do anything useful...

 

[index_trad3r]

Quote from jeb9999:

Most people who know they are idiots seek careers in management or politics.

quote of the year

 

[lolatency]

Quote from lolatBushites:

Put on an expensive suit and become a Republican politician.

It's easy to get elected if you add a flag on your lapel and mouth off on Jesus on every third sentence.

once in office, take a page off Tom DeLays play book and force all lobbyists to "hire" your wife as "consultant" for high six figures.

And the best part of it all is you don't even need a high school diploma to run for Republican high office. Best paying gig around.

If you're white, maybe. It took Jindal a Rhodes scholarship, a hurricane that destroyed a city, and a change of religion to pull this off.

 

[MandelbrotSet]

Quote from stoshski:

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ROTFLMFAO!

Ah ... classic stoshski