#Anyway I just think it's odd that they're an obvious analogy for how people think there is such as thing as ��intelligence” | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

witheredgardenparty · 2 months ago

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Has anyone talked about how each member of the Genius Society represents the over reliance on the belief of intelligence but not the act of intelligence?

#like they mostly take up resources and are pseudo-celebrities more than they do useful things #They act more as villains over consuming resources that could be put to better use #If anything more people should hate them #In universe not like as characters #but just like in real life - people don't notice how awful they actually are #I think at one point it's stated that Ruan Mei turned a desert planet into a lush jungle or something?#I cannot emphasize enough -- she fucked over that ecosystem. That was fucked up of her. She killed everything.#And people praised her for it! They don't care about science. They care about the prestige. She's famous. Nous chose *her*#Herta doesn't even do her own work. Nothing would get done if it wasn't for all of her assistants.#Screwllum is god-king of his own planet. I mean he also killed a god-king but you can't go around replacing one with yourself #Which is what makes Ratio so fun. He notices and calls them out.#but also in a way where it's hard to tell if there's jealousy involved or not.#And his version of intelligence is helpful. He gives back to his community. He cares about people first even if they annoy him.#The only Society members I respect are Stephen (baby); the one philanthropist (thin ice); the spider (awesome);#and the serial killer who kills other members who I strongly suspect to be Herta but that's another conversation entirely #Anyway I just think it's odd that they're an obvious analogy for how people think there is such as thing as “intelligence”#that can be declared by some all-knowing all-seeing creature and everyone else is “worthless” by comparison #to even be said as much by a character in the game #and the audience still thinks they're supposed to be smart.#Nous was created by an egotistical man who was himself first recognized by his own biased judging algorithm #The Genius Society isn't the epitome of intelligence they are Silicon Valley #like the parody is so fucking on point there are literal jokes in game if you pay attention

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