It's Better to be Dumb!

Mr. House
November 7, 2005
English 101
Intelligence vs. Unintelligence
Life is full of positive and negative sanctions. The thoughts and beliefs of society decide these sanctions. When it comes to mental ability, society considers intelligence to be positive and unintelligence to be negative. This isn’t always true. There are many positive aspects of being unintelligent and many negative aspects of being intelligent. The life of an unintelligent person is better than the life of an intelligent person.
Intelligent people have a lot of room to fail. Where do you go when you climb to the top of a mountain? Down. That’s the problem with the intelligent. They have climbed their mountain and can only go down from where they are. They have succeeded and have little room for more achievement. Probability is against them in the fact that there is a greater chance of failure. On the other hand, unintelligent people are still at the bottom of the mountain. They still have a clear future of achievement in front of them. They don’t have anywhere else to go but up. Rather than failure, achievement is in their favor.
Recognition is more commonly given to the unintelligent, not the intelligent. Higher expectations are placed on smart people. They are expected to do well in school, do the right things and be leaders. Unintelligent people aren’t really expected to do much. It’s okay if they don’t do well in school, don’t do the right things and are followers because they aren’t expected to have the brain capacity of an intelligent person. Therefore, if the intelligent do something good, they get no recognition for it because they are expected to do that. Less intelligent people, on the other hand, aren’t expected to do much. If they do something well, it’s a big deal because they went beyond their expectations.
It’s okay to not be perfect unless you’re intelligent. People are more likely to be disappointed with an intelligent person. If an intelligent person doesn’t live up to their expectations all the time people become shocked and scorn them. The unintelligent aren’t expected to do everything right and therefore if they do something wrong its okay. Yet, if they do something right, people become shocked and admire them.
Another way unintelligent people are better off in society is how they approach issues and conflicts. Unintelligent people think outside the box. They do things by experience rather than factual information. Smart people on the other hand use factual information. They use the things they learned in school to defend their points and aren’t open to unsupported ideas.
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know” said Ernest Hemingway (thinkexist.com). Intelligent people know too much for their own good. They are too aware of their surrounds and analyze everything. Unintelligent people are happier than intelligent people not because they are ignorant to the world, but they don’t think too deeply into situations. They know what’s going on but they don’t make into a big deal like intelligent people do.
Unintelligent people have the ability to believe in things. The prime example of this is religion. The unintelligent can believe in religion faithfully. An intelligent person can’t truly and faithfully practice a religion. They know that there are other religions in the world. This also makes them aware of the possibility that their chosen religion is exactly true in every aspect.
Everyone has the brain capacity to achieve what they want. It’s a matter of how one uses their brain to achieve their own dreams. The people who use their brain to achieve things are thought to be intelligent. Others who use their brains just to live day by day and lack achievement are seen to be unintelligent. While this is the typical stereotype, the roles are actually reversed. The unintelligent are actually intelligent and the intelligent are unintelligent. This is because the unintelligent people know the consequences of intelligence. Malcolm Forbes said “The dumbest people I know are those who know it all” (thinkexist.com).