The 5 Laws of Human Stupidity

[Oppositionless]

This article is amazing 

 

https://bonpote.com/en/the-5-basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/#h-loi-1-tout-le-monde-sous-estime-toujours-et-in-vitablement-le-nombre-d-individus-stupides-en-circulation
 

" Law 1: Everyone always and inevitably underestimates the number of stupid people in circulation...
 

Law 2: The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

Cipolla postulates that stupidity is a variable that remains constant in all populations. Every category you can imagine – gender, ethnicity, nationality, education, income – has a fixed percentage of stupid people. University professors can be stupid. There are US presidents who have been and/or are stupid...

 

Law 3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or group of people when he or she does not benefit and may even suffer losses.

Cipolla calls it the golden law of stupidity. A stupid person, according to the economist, is a person who causes problems for others without any clear benefit for himself. Uncle couldn’t help but post fake articles on Facebook? It is stupid. The receptionist at your hotel who keeps you on the phone for an hour, hangs up on you twice and still manages to screw up your reservation? Stupid²...
 

 

Law 4: Non-stupid people always underestimate the destructive power of stupid individuals. 

In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times, in all places, and under all circumstances, dealing and/or associating with stupid people is always a costly mistake. We underestimate idiots, and we do so at our peril. This brings us to the fifth and final law:

Law 5: A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

And its direct consequence: a stupid person is more dangerous than a bandit.

We can’t do anything for idiots. The difference between societies that collapse under the weight of their stupid citizens and those that transcend them is the composition of the non-stupid. Those who progress despite their stupidity have a high proportion of people who act intelligently, those who counterbalance the losses of the stupid by bringing gains for themselves and their fellows... "

[Leo Gura]

Think I shared that on my blog some years ago.

Yeah, it's insightful.

[UnbornTao]

Law 6: No one ever thinks they are the stupid one - though in certain contexts, anyone may behave stupidly.

[Oppositionless]

I think hatred is the ultimate manifestation of stupidity . The extent to which you're stupid is the extent to which you hate.

Edited 3 hours ago by Oppositionless