This is one of the most important 'deep dives' that I've written to date (in my opinion).
Hopefully this will help people to get a grasp the problem that we face....Both in terms of Hive, and in terms of society in general.
If we are to progress as a civilization and not fall into an 'idiocracy', these things have to be addressed.
(a more personal perspective about the subject, and going forwards, in part 3).
Lets begin...
What is the psychology of a midwit ?
To understand how the midwit thinks and operates, it's essential to understand the psychology behind the facade , and the personality traits and what it takes to make up 'the midwit'.
Intelligence.
Empathy.
Social skills.
General intelligence is measured by IQ.
On the IQ bell curve, most people have an IQ of a hundred.
The further away that you move from the center of the bell curve (the more intelligent and the less intelligent) the smaller and smaller the percentages become.
A person who is extremely intelligent is going to have an IQ of at least 130-135 (+)
Those that they have IQ’s in the region of around 115 -125 are the people we call the midwit.
To give you some indicator of it when applied in the real world, people in this IQ range are intellectually capable of being a doctor or a lawyer.
Historically speaking , you would not have found them in academia or the hard sciences.
...studies in the 1960’s, show that individuals in the hard sciences had IQ's of over 125, whereas in the soft academic subjects (social sciences, business studies) , the IQ goes down to the 110115 areas - i.e. - the midwit.
The midwit is an intelligent person.
...just not quite as intelligent as they think they are.
And most definitely not intelligent enough to be able to come up with any truly original ideas.
What do we mean by intelligence?
The ability to solve cognitive problems.
Cognitive:
Concerned with the act or process of knowing....relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning - in contrast to emotional processes.
There are all kinds of other connections between intelligence and various different personality traits.
An example of this (among the midwit IQ ranges) is that being intelligent also tends to be associated with social skills.
There is a correlation between your IQ and your ability to solve social problems.
Midwits are good at solving social problems.
They are socially skilled.
They are ‘altruistic’ in their perspective.
At a very high level of IQ (130 +) this correlation to this personality trait , breaks down.
A very high level of IQ intelligence seems to become associated with aspects of autism , rather than altruism.
This is comes with the inability to solve social problems –
i.e relative to the midwit - the higher spectrum of IQ's are socially inept.
...So while autism may help you to solve theoretical objective problems, those same autistic traits could mean that you might lack the social skills that the midwit finds relatively easy.
How does this relate to the nature of the midwit?
Understanding how and why of the midwit.
First.... The cultural mediation hypothesis.
In essence, the argument of the cultural mediation hypothesis is that human societies are in a constant state of tension between dominance and counter-dominance instincts and, at any given time, there is a political ‘norm’ which reflects the heightened position of one or other of these instincts.
‘Mid-wit IQ' is associated with taking the ‘in vogue’, current dominant ideological perspective - whatever they may be.
This way of thinking - working out ‘which way the wind blows’, as it were, means adopting - or pretending to adopt - that dominant way of thinking.
By doing so, it will enhance their social chances.
To adopt that way of thinking means being able to convince themselves as to the veracity of that way of thinking.
Because they are intelligent, they will be able to come up with superficially logical ways of persuading themselves of the legitimacy of that way of thinking.
This is not logical of course , but to the midwit - it will seem to be logical.
From the perspective of the Mid-wit, intelligence is of no use if it doesn't allow you to accrue status , and so the desire to accrue this status, comes with a certain level of intelligence that thinks it is important.
Once you get to the people that have a very high intelligence , they tend to have more ‘unworldly’ view of things, and thus, are not particularly interested in social status.
The mid-wit, to gain social status, intuitively understands that the best way that you can do that, is by convincing yourself of the veracity of the dominant world view.
Adopting that world view as your own would increase your legitimacy in society.
The problem of 'the midwit' for society, now comes into focus...
....because social standing is not associated with the pursuit of the truth, but is important to the midwit, then intellectual curiosity - if it comes into conflict with adopting the current dominant ideology , the Mid-wit will defer to adopting the dominant ideology at the expense of pursuing the truth.
Unlike those with higher IQ’s.
A study has found that the more intelligent children are, the more liberal they become.
This implies that they come to realize that the dominant ideology is liberalism,(in the current cultural cycle) and as such , they realize, that by adopting this perspective, it will the best way to get 'on in' in life.
They convince themselves of the veracity of that ideology and by adopting it, thus becoming 'a truth'.
The midwit - the person that can happily do 'the self brainwashing' for social approval reasons - is not going to be that interested in the truth compared to those those with higher IQ’s.
The midwits priorities are far more interested in, and focused towards - cultural mediation .
Social acceptance.
Adopting this dominant ideology however, comes with it's own issues.
They then have to 'compete' with other people of similar intelligence, and adopted ideologies!
Remember, the Midwits intelligence is associated with desiring social status.
This is where it gets dangerous….
How do you compete with other midwits if they are adopting this same dominant ideology?
(Liberalism, conservatism, or leftism, is irrelevant – it is whatever the cultural dominant perspective is at that time).
How do you 'socially compete' with people who have the same perspectives?
One of the ways they do this is by taking the dominant ideology that they espouse, and then push it – just slightly - but in a more extreme direction...
...For example, if everybody believes that racism is morally wrong, and that's the way the midwit is showcasing their morality ( by saying ‘I'm not a racist’) then if they are to standout - witing the approved peer group - they have to be even more anti-racist than the person next to them.
(BLM, anyone?)
Engaging in this in this kind of 'outdoing your peers in a socially righteous competition' enables the midwit to showcase off their virtue...i.e virtue signalling.
This means that over time, and by forever pushing that ideology ever so slightly further and very incrementally (not radically) , the midwit is in a continual race to 'stand out' in their own peer groups.
The midwit has the desire to get on with people...being liked or approved of.
This is inextricably linked to their well honed social skills.
'Cooperation' is one personality trait that's associated with being ‘midwit intelligent’.
People that are midwit intelligent, are highly cooperative.
(collectivist mentality).
Midwit intelligence is also associated with altruism.
'Altruism' is associated with not only solving social problems but wanting to solve social problems.(SJW’s anyone?)
It's associated with making petitions.
It's associated with voting .
It's associated with democratic participation.
...It's associated with moralizing….
The midwit - basically - wants everyone, to get along with everyone else. (i.e conflict averse).
....Even if that means bullying, attacking and eliminating other people that do not think like them! (oh, the irony - one that the midwit cannot comprehend).
The people who do not have the social skills (the non conformist) will be ostracized.
Non conformity within a group is the last thing that a midwit wants.
(are things making more sense now, in regards to Hive?)
The 'midwit intelligent' are able to work out what other people think, and what they desire - if within their group.
Mid-wits are better politicians than any other IQ group.
It now becomes fairly clear to see a how the midwit mindset is not something that you can associate with a desire for pursuing the truth,
NOT if it ever comes at the expense of social inclusion.
The midwit will put 'cooperation and the desire to be part of the herd' ahead of pursuing the truth.
To be so acutely socially aware and to have a desire to pursue the truth could bring an unpleasant internal psychological conflict. Cognitive dissonance.
To combat this psychological pain ever occurring , the midwit has enough intelligence to manipulate their own worldviews by brainwashing themselves, and to such a degree that the actual truth of anything becomes of secondary importance.
…if you adopt the dominant world view as your world view and then attempt to gain social status by advocating that view ,
you will be far more convincing to advocate that worldview if you genuinely believe it.
This means that you cannot be consciously aware of your own bias.
It would create cognitive dissonance - which is psychological pain.
This is something that the psyche will go at great lengths to, to try and avoid.
If the midwit can brainwash themselves to really believe an adopted, socially dominant perspective , there could be great social profit.
By being highly fervent in the advocacy of the current dominant set of values will only help to maximize that profit.
In part 3 I'll be highlighting - and detailing the ways, I'll personally be combating the midwit.
And why (if you're not a midwit) supporting me going forwards, is an act of self preservation.
