# Interesting threads you're too stupid to keep up with

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-threads-youre-too-stupid-to-keep-up-with/251116>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 18, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-threads-youre-too-stupid-to-keep-up-with/251116 "2004-06-18T21:24:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-threads-youre-too-stupid-to-keep-up-with/251116/1 "2004-06-18T21:24:27Z")

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Inspired by **jawdirk** ’s [free will thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260714)

Personally, I find a lot of topics at the SDMB fascinating, but some are simply too much to keep up with. I’d like to think I’m a fairly intelligent cat, but threads like the above make my head swim.

I try to stay out of scientific and theological debates for the same reason.

What other threads have lured you in, then staggered you with the depth of discussion?

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-threads-youre-too-stupid-to-keep-up-with/251116/2 "2004-06-18T21:41:29Z")

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You might notice my absence in just about ANY GD thread.

Just about any religion or politics topic (that requires, you know, actual _knowledge_) blows my mind.

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**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-threads-youre-too-stupid-to-keep-up-with/251116/3 "2004-06-18T22:24:51Z")

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I love reading them but rarely post because I’d only dumb down the conversation. I like to see how far I can follow along before I get utterly lost.

I have noticed though that after the first page and a half or so of these (or most any) topics, that egos start filtering into the discussion and sometimes I lose interest.