“An elementary school student asked me the NOT “politically correct” question, “Is an idiot smarter than a moron?” I had to Google it because I was afraid to respond in today’s PC society and didn’t want to offend him, his parents, or anyone else. Here’s what I found.
Technically, a moron is smarter than an idiot. An imbecile is also smarter than an idiot.
Although today the words are considered insulting and derogatory, prior to the 1960s they were widely used as actual psychology terms associated with intelligence on an IQ test.
An IQ between:
00-25 = Idiot
26-50 = Imbecile
51-70 = Moron
Explaining all of this to a nine year old with an IQ of 130 made me feel like society has turned all adults into one of the above, myself included.
When I told him that I’m afraid to openly say it, the nine year old said, “Adults are idiots!”
― H: Infidels of Oil
Technically, a moron is smarter than an idiot. An imbecile is also smarter than an idiot.
Although today the words are considered insulting and derogatory, prior to the 1960s they were widely used as actual psychology terms associated with intelligence on an IQ test.
An IQ between:
00-25 = Idiot
26-50 = Imbecile
51-70 = Moron
Explaining all of this to a nine year old with an IQ of 130 made me feel like society has turned all adults into one of the above, myself included.
When I told him that I’m afraid to openly say it, the nine year old said, “Adults are idiots!”
― H: Infidels of Oil
“Under the guise of having every voice heard, you create mob rule, a filterless society where secrets are crimes.”
― The Circle
― The Circle
“To all the boys, for when you become men: you'll leave women all throughout your life because they're holding you back, and even after she's gone she'll still weigh you down. To all the women: stay away from us men. We don't know anything about you, despite what we try to convince you of.”
― Paradise City
― Paradise City
“People are not interested in serving, they are interested in enjoying power”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“And you’ll miss me more as the narrowing weeks wing by. Someday duly, oneday truly, twosday newly, till whensday.”
― Finnegans Wake
― Finnegans Wake
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