‘What’s the stupidest thing the most intelligent person in your life believes?’ – 17 surprisingly dumb opinions
10.
‘I had a roommate in college who was a straight A student and taking a masters in physics. He thought the moon landing was fake.’
–tweedpants2453
11.
‘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
12.
‘My FIL has 5 college degrees and is a biologist. 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 fuck 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.’
-OhTheHueManatee
13.
‘My wife speaks 3 languages and has 2 master degrees
She believes basketball makes you taller and has no idea about survivor bias even when it’s explained to her.’
-WhipMaDickBacknforth
14.
‘My dad has a background in economics and an advanced degree. He believes that Kamala Harris having a 5-year economic plan was “the definition of communism.”
Not that her plan was communist… No. The very act of having a plan that lasted longer than 1 term in the presidential office was communism…’
-Bangarang_1
15.
‘From up, down, sideways, and every turn, I’ve met otherwise highly intelligent people who will absolutely swear to any number of conspiracy theories that accuse officials or politicians of deception. In descending order of frequency:
- The Moon landings never happened
- Oswald did not kill Kennedy
- Human activity has no effect on the climate
- 9/11 was an act of the American government
- Vaccines cause autism
I’m not speaking of cracked up and unhinged people. These are intelligent, functional, and productive individuals with rational minds. They believe this stuff with every fiber.
Help.’
-Rescue2024
16.
‘My brother of all people believes that people that have A-,B- blood type has 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 mater of fact kind of way. He is super smart but has some out there beliefs.’
-peppy2ray
17.
‘My mom is high up in her profession and has multiple degrees. She says tilapia aren’t fish because they don’t have bones. Refuses to say what animal they could be instead..’
-Professional_Ebb_555