Social Would you rather everyone in the world be kinder and more compassionate or more intelligent?

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

I'm leaning towards a kinder and more compassionate world.

How about you guys?

 

[Flower2dPeople]

I want everyone to be kinder and compassionate. I would then run things.

 

[Van Daz]

I'm leaning towards a kinder and more compassionate world.

How about you guys?

I think in general, people as a species are getting....

but

is getting very bad, so I'd go for kinder & more compassionate.

 

[Patof]

Kindness and compassion. There's plenty of smart people, a lot of whom would get to realize their potential in a kinder world.

 

[squeezewax]

We are already too intelligent for our own good, we have the 'net and AI.

 

[moreorless87]

You could argue I spose that the vast majority of the population is already quite empathic, its just a case there tricked into backing immoral politics by rich sociopaths.

 

[ScarfaceJr]

kindness

if people were more intelligent then it'd be harder for me to manipulate the dumb ones

 

[Anewt]

I'd go with kindnesdand compassionate if it extended to all humans. Problem is like all humans some extremely kind and compassionate people will turn out to be the most evil to others.

I mean compassion - is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another's suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering.


If its your family suffering youll be motivated to end their suffering at the cost of others if required. Its what compassion guides you to do... i doubt people will ever feel the same level of compassion as for strangers as their family. Regardless how much kinder and compassionate we become.


If you have two tribes and you're both starving. compassion for those closer to you will enable you to committ actions you necessarily wouldn't for yourself.

It's a boon and a curse imo so I'm leaning to intelligence atm

 

[KnightTemplar]

Kindness and Compassion isn't curing cancer.

Intelligence FTW.

However, in an ideal world, the correct answer would of course be: Both.

 

[shockaholic12]

If everyone is intelligent enough they should realize compassion for each other is going to provide the best outcome longterm for everybody so you get both.

 

[Contempt]

More intelligent... and it's not even close.

As a species, we're some seriously dumb motherfuckers. <-- insert George Carlin rant about dumb people here

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[MichiganMMA1978]

Obviously intelligence.
Gen Z is a perfect example of why. They are so worried about everyone's feelings and now they don't even know what a woman is.

 

[MichiganMMA1978]

If its your family suffering youll be motivated to end their suffering at the cost of others if required

Very true... hell, I'm going to look after my dogs before most non family people.

 

[BearGrounds]

"Kind and compassionate" is the mentality that was used against us to inject countless people with an experimental "vaccine".

Intelligence without an emotion (like compassion) to limit its ambition, and you essentially just get a robot.....and we've all already explored the idea, via various movies and books, as to how that would play out.

Both scenarios fail without the other working in tandem to counter balance it.

 

[Stump]

I'd go with kindnesdand compassionate if it extended to all humans. Problem is like all humans some extremely kind and compassionate people will turn out to be the most evil to others.

I mean compassion - is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another's suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering.


If its your family suffering youll be motivated to end their suffering at the cost of others if required. Its what compassion guides you to do... i doubt people will ever feel the same level of compassion as for strangers as their family. Regardless how much kinder and compassionate we become.


If you have two tribes and you're both starving. compassion for those closer to you will enable you to committ actions you necessarily wouldn't for yourself.

It's a boon and a curse imo so I'm leaning to intelligence atm

This is a good point. "Compassion" is a complex idea and it cuts both ways. In some ways, compassion js the opposite of justice.

The conversation around oxytocin is relevant here. For a while, people thought it was the secret to human harmony, and would allow everyone to love each other like a big family.

The problem is that on some level loving someone necessarily means not loving, or even hating, their enemies. The concept of unconditional love as an example. Mothers will love and defend their children who are absolute criminal monsters. This love is necessarily entangled with disregarding others.

 

[zapataxiv]

Kindness and Compassion isn't curing cancer.

Intelligence FTW.

However, in an ideal world, the correct answer would of course be: Both.

not too get all hippy dippy

but it doesn't say kinder and dumber.

you could argue that with kindness and compassion we could pour money from the military into science


and open trials and medications without the need for the economic side and cooperate to treat and cure cancer more effectively than the system we have

 

[KnightTemplar]

not too get all hippy dippy

but it doesn't say kinder and dumber.

you could argue that with kindness and compassion we could pour money from the military into science


and open trials and medications without the need for the economic side and cooperate to treat and cure cancer more effectively than the system we have

The poll offers a binary choice between Compassion/Kindness and Intelligence. While increased compassion might have a knock on effect in faster development of medical technology and less warfare, enhanced intelligence offers a more direct route.

 

[KnightTemplar]

"Kind and compassionate" is the mentality that was used against us to inject countless people with an experimental "vaccine".

Intelligence without an emotion (like compassion) to limit its ambition, and you essentially just get a robot.....and we've all already explored the idea, via various movies and books, as to how that would play out.

Both scenarios fail without the other working in tandem to counter balance it.

Which is why I said the best answer, which isn't offered by the poll, would be: Both

 

[zapataxiv]

The poll offers a binary choice between Compassion/Kindness and Intelligence. While increased compassion might have a knock on effect in faster development of medical technology and less warfare, enhanced intelligence offers a more direct route.

not if the system works against them and you get a bunch of high IQ autists competing against each other for resources we are going the way of the imperium of man


not cure for cancer imo