People Reveal The Stupidest Thing The Smartest Person They Know Actually Believes

Not every educated person is a smart person.

I have met people with several degrees who say jaw-dropping things.

The shock never wears off.

I always see myself as the stupidest person in the room.

Then others come along and prove me wrong.

And it doesn't always feel good.

This is why I always live by the age-old advice... "Think before you speak."

Then when you speak, read the room and its reactions.

Maybe take a hint.

Redditor dexicoma wanted to hear about some of the silliest, most bizarre things some smart people actually accept as truth, so they asked:

"What's the stupidest thing the most intelligent person in your life believes?"

Antlers

"Absolutely brilliant friend firmly believes that the average adult man could beat any given adult whitetail buck in an unarmed fight. 'You could just grab it by the antlers and go dead weight, their legs are so skinny that would take it down and then you could just choke it out,' he insists."

- ElBurroEsparkilo

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Matter-of-Fact

"My brother of all people believes that people who have A-, and B- blood types have either alien blood or blood from the people of Atlantis mixed with their ancestors. If you have a + blood type, you’re pure. I thought that he was joking with me when he was talking about that, but no, it was said in a very matter-of-fact kind of way. He is super smart but has some out there beliefs."

- peppy2ray

Functions

"The smartest person I know genuinely believes they can function on 3 hours of sleep and just coffee like they’re some kind of enlightened goblin."

- cloudmuseee

One of my friends is like this. And she does function very well like that, her employers love her, she gets massive amounts of sh*t done, and done well. She's also constantly shaking, in terrible health, and her hair literally falls out in patches."

- Bootrear

"I doubt I'm the smartest person you know, but I 100% believed that in uni. And I guess it was true... to some extent. If you ignore the near-constant heart palpitations and the being even weirder than I am now."

- boroxine

Star Talk

"Cows have horns because they need them to communicate with the cosmos. My dad has two master's degrees and could've become a professor."

- IgraineofTruth

"Not to take this too seriously, but since the presence of horns is a factor of genetics, then that would mean there are cosmic-sentient cows and those who have become so acclimated to terrestrial living that they can no longer phone home."

"An amusing, yet harmless, concept. It's also entirely possible he's just messing with you. He -is- a dad."

- Taikeron

Afraid of 5G

"I had a professor in the hard sciences that I did research with for years."

"One day, we were talking about something being installed in the building for 5G infrastructure, and I think I asked her a question about conspiracy theorists who were afraid of 5G. To my surprise, she told me that they (her, her husband, and 2 kids) didn't have wifi at their house bc the jury was still out about the effect of wifi frequencies on people, and they didn't want to subject their kids to that."

"I thought it was a bit silly, but had no choice but to respect what I was hearing bc it was coming from someone I had so much respect for."

- Bennaisance

Growth

"My wife speaks 3 languages and has 2 master's degrees (edit: finance and business administration)."

"She believes basketball makes you taller and has no idea about survivor bias even when it's explained to her."

- WhipMaDickBacknforth

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Impaled

"My wife is the smartest person I know, but she is constantly worrying about what I call mom-case scenarios."

"For example, she told me not to let our child walk down a street that was bordered by a wrought iron fence. Why? Because he might get impaled on the spear-like points on top of the fence."

- -im-your-huckleberry

"Diagnosed OCD with lots of thoughts of horrific things happening to me or my family checking in: those types of intrusive thoughts are not normal and can really be detrimental to your ability to move through life if unresolved."

"I'm not an expert by any means, and wouldn't try to diagnose your wife from a Reddit comment if I were, but your wife should see one and get help. I'm still working on myself and probably always will be, but it is a world of difference between how I was living before seeking treatment and how I am now. No meds either, just Cognitive Behavioral Therapy."

- mubi_merc

Bathroom Habits

"I haven't spoken to them in years, but I played Dungeons and Dragons with a guy who was pretty close to graduating as a neurosurgeon."

"Listening to them rant about how masculine men only pee while standing was interesting."

- RulianTheRed

"I got a unique twist at the end of my urethra. If I pee standing, you don't want to be at the next urinal. So I sit to not sprinkler the whole room."

"Doctors (and lawyers IMHO) have to be so focused on their studies and they have to study for so many years they are often eight years plus behind the rest of us on non-medical knowledge by the time they graduate."

- cl3ft

Logic and Reason

"One of the smartest people I know engineer, business owner, multi-millionaire, critical thinker science lover, endlessly curious, passionate about logic and reason - the works, boxes that all up and compartmentalizes it so he can believe in Mormonism."

- Lifeunderpar1

"Honestly, I'm convinced that lots of Mormons know it's BS."

"Lots of Mormons are quite successful in life, cause of all their church contacts, friends, and investors. So they keep quiet to enjoy the spoils of being part of the Mormon social system."

- weightyinspiration

So many degrees...

"My FIL has 5 college degrees and is a biologist. He mainly does an amazing job restoring nature (he did a lot of that in Yosemite). He has an absurd amount of knowledge about all kinds of things. He got all his degrees before the internet was a thing so he knows how to do research wildly better than me."

"He is a stubborn as f**k anti-vaxxer and has been for longer than I've known him. At first, I thought he may have some actual scientific insight about it so I asked him for info. Everything he sent me was blog posts with almost no sources to back up their claims."

"The few that did have sources either misrepresented what the source said or the source was just another thing that was clearly full of s**t. He says what we need to do instead of vaccines is to get people to have healthier lifestyles. I agree that would be great but it's not a replacement for vaccines."

- OhTheHueManatee

Nonsense

"I had a roommate in college who was a straight-A student and taking a master's in physics. He thought the moon landing was fake."

- tweedpants2453

"The dumbest people I know seem to be the most 'educated.'"

- NotBannedAccount419

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6000 Years Ago

"Not sure if this has already been said, but my ex-step sister in law a GP (now in her 50s) fully believes that humanity only started 6,000 years ago as fully formed humans and that dinosaurs and carbon dating are wrong since man was the first animal created when God created the earth... obviously she’s a very religious Christian, but she’s also a well respected GP in a blue state.

- Fruston27

His Version...

"So, it’s not stupid that my friend is Christian. But, what’s stupid is that he believes his particular version of Christianity and his interpretation of the Bible is the only 'real' version of Christianity, and anyone who interprets it differently only does so for their personal gain and is going to hell. Likewise, anyone believing in any other religion is also going to hell. This guy is now a practicing lawyer."

"I’m a Buddhist, and we had 3-way philosophical debates every night for about 8 months with my Atheist friend. Eventually, we came to an impasse when I realized that I believed multiple types of spirituality could be valid, and he believed only his could be. At some point, it transformed from a philosophical discussion into him just trying to convert us to Christianity."

"In my mind, I’m like, how are you going to hold a particular set of spiritual beliefs only justified within itself, and then simultaneously say that all other systems of belief are false and anyone who doesn’t hold your beliefs is wrong? I get that a lot of people are this way— but it just blows my mind to hear it from a guy I once considered the most logical person I know."

- Advanced-Sock-1636

In His Name

"God, but not like in a 'there might be an omnipotent being in some capacity' way, but in a 'Well if I didn't believe there was a God what is stopping me from going around and doing terrible things to people' way. I just stared at him confused for a while, couldn't believe he was serious."

- strangescript

On the Map

" Flat earth and the ice wall and the stars are fake and it’s all very crazy. Oh, and demons built the pyramids, not the Egyptians. So there’s that."

"ETA my coworker just reminded me about the flat earth map. He literally had a fancy classroom-type giant wall map of flat earth over his desk, if I can find the pictures we took when he was on leave, I’ll share them."

- horsecalledwar

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HOAX

"My adoptive father holds a Master's degree in engineering and owns several patents in the motion control industry, yet truly believes COVID was just a hoax. Even me almost dying from it wasn't enough to convince him that it was real. He said doctors were just keeping up the ruse and I probably just had the flu. 🙃"

- Usual-Bag-3605

I am in shock at what some people believe.

How can smart people actually espouse some of this?

How do people with degrees run around believing and saying these things?

Some of these people should sue their higher education institutions.

They have been robbed.

What other smart people nonsense have you heard?