I. Humans are intelligent because they can see patterns<\/p>\n
II. More intelligent humans are better at seeing patterns<\/p>\n
III. Humans tend to find patterns even when they don’t exist. <\/p>\n
IV. If someone else sees a pattern that you don’t see they are more intelligent than you.<\/p>\n
V. When you make a random observation people tend to believe you are making a point that fits with some kind of pattern.<\/p>\n
VI. If they fail to connect your point with the pattern the tendency is to assume you are more intelligent than they because you have made connections that they don’t understand.<\/p>\n
VII. Only the proud assume that you are spouting out nonsense when they can’t track your train of thought. The humble will give you the benefit of the doubt. <\/p>\n
VIII. Conclusion. Making random irrelevant observations will make people think you are a genius<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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