Originally Posted by Dude
So the below-average person goes, "Drugs bad, so war good." A higher-IQ individual might conclude that both are bad, which the below-average individual cannot help but see as a contradiction, because of black and white reasoning. Then the high-Q individual starts qualifying those as more nuanced positions, with not all types personal consumption bad, and low-Q decides high-Q is a raging addict.

Yes, I can see that as a possible situation.

FWIW, drug use isn't what I fear most. I'm way more afraid of car accidents and a few other things.