{"id":25434,"date":"2024-03-12T20:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T00:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=25434"},"modified":"2024-03-13T20:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T00:22:02","slug":"do-you-think-theres-truth-to-the-bell-curve-meme-things-that-can-be-seemingly-stupid-but-actually-profound-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/03\/12\/do-you-think-theres-truth-to-the-bell-curve-meme-things-that-can-be-seemingly-stupid-but-actually-profound-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think there&#8217;s truth to the bell-curve meme? (Things that can be seemingly stupid but actually profound at the same time?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone on the less wise end of the spectrum saying &#8220;I just do whatever I feel like&#8221; might, without thinking, do something that harms themselves or others &amp; regret it. Someone on the wise end of the spectrum saying the same thing might have more sensible possibilities in mind after years of mindful experience &amp; observation. So a statement that appears to be identical in two cases could have two entirely unrelated meanings with very different assumptions and outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone on the less wise end of the spectrum saying &#8220;I just do whatever I feel like&#8221; might, without thinking, do something that harms themselves or others &amp; regret it. Someone on the wise end of the spectrum saying the same thing might have more sensible possibilities in mind after years of mindful experience &amp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/03\/12\/do-you-think-theres-truth-to-the-bell-curve-meme-things-that-can-be-seemingly-stupid-but-actually-profound-at-the-same-time\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Do you think there&#8217;s truth to the bell-curve meme? (Things that can be seemingly stupid but actually profound at the same time?)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25436,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25434\/revisions\/25436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}