Dumb people are generally happier.

I hope that this will be a fun one, as this is my second debate. First, let me address my opponent's arguments. "Self critique can lead to advantages later. It may push to do more with your life then settle for what's ever around. " I agree. Self critique can lead to advantages later, and I do agree withe the whole statement, but however, self critique can lead to always wanting more, always wanting to be better, and I am not saying it is bad, but I am saying that it does not give you satisfaction. "Ignorance is often bliss, but not necessarily over a life time. For we may say that intelligent people are less happy because they are more likely to notice problems that the ignorant may not recognize, but it can pay off in the end. " I also agree. I agree it can pay off in the end, but it may not make one happy in the end, because the intellect is always thinking of new problems. "Where the ignorant live blindly, but the world appear more random, because of lack of explanation that can better predict future thus increasing the ability to make more efficient decision. " The ignorant live blindly and the world will appear more random, but they would not care if they make inefficient decisions because they are dumb, hence the title of this debate. "The ignorant has short term investment, problem will appear out of nowhere and they won't be prepared to deal with them. " That is true, but again, they would not care about problems. "No body start smoking crack when they really understand the complication. They begin when they are naive of the capacity to be able to stop when they want. And so for the first while they may enjoy, a very small while in that case. But then the problem will eventually emerge and before it's too late. They are forced to feel the full brunt of a problem that could have been avoided. " Intellegent people can avoid more problems, but they will also encounter more because they are always thinking about them. They are more intellegent, so they will be more ambitious and reach for goals, thus encountering problems. Ignorant people will not do that, so therefore, will encounter less problems. "You could use any example, and the probabilty will be in Favour intellegence. . that doesn't mean all intellegent people will be happier. but increased the general probablity. " The probability would indeed favor intellegence, but would happiness? For example, an intellegent person would do good on a math test, but he would probably want to do better, thus being hard on himself. A dumb person would do bad on the math test, but he would not care, thus he is still happy. "Another question would you rather be ignorant? None of us would say yes, maybe of some temporary things, but certainly not on a general level. Why because you lose freedom. Understand the world you have more option. More option is more freedom. That is freedom depend upon what you know, and in this sense knowledge is power and freedom, because you more efficiently organized and change the world, and more option which can lead to and over all happiness. " First, yes, many of us would rather be ignorant. Just take a look at these pages: . http://answers.yahoo.com... Seconed, a dumb person would not know that they lose freedom.