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I think you're being downvoted because people don't want to accept that what you are saying regarding critical thinking being anti-adaptive may be true. The followers of the hacker ethos are revolted by prospects that the less-skilled. less-disruptive, and less-smart can succeed by social optimization and conformity. It's a direct threat to the existence they've doubled down on.

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It may simply have to do with him saying that he feels his wife found her job because of her friends, not because of her skills. She might disagree.

Naughty boy, indeed. In my post I say literally that she is wonderful at work and people that know her recognize so. A big net of friends and acquaintances provides plenty of opportunities of finding a good job. Her job don't require critical thinking skills.

> Her job don't require critical thinking skills.

So you say. Look I don't mean to say you don't know better but it's hard for me to come up with any profession that does not require critical thinking skills. No matter what 'simple' task I want to do - say one that normally would be someone's day job - I always find that it requires more knowledge, skill and more thinking than I anticipated.

I didn't get quite that much from the post, and I assume the downvotes are because it comes off as barely related.

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