Five Basic Laws of Stupidity

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by Sprout, Feb 15, 2022.

  1. Sprout

    Sprout

    The five basic laws of human stupidity by Italian Economist Carlo Cipolla;

    The First Basic Law
    Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.


    The Second Basic Law
    The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.


    The Third Basic Law
    A stupid person is one who causes losses to another person or a group of people while they gain nothing or may even suffer losses.


    The Fourth Basic Law
    Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that in any time and place and circumstance dealing and/or hanging out with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.


    The Fifth Basic Law
    Stupid people are the most dangerous type of people.

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  2. Sprout

    Sprout

    Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity explains current Populism from a enlightening perspective;

     
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  3. Sprout

    Sprout

    When it comes to trading, is ignorance the same as stupidity?
     
  4. deaddog

    deaddog

    If you are giving advice that might hurt yourself and others, then as Foxworthy says, you might well be.
     
  5. rb7

    rb7

  6. Leob

    Leob

    Thank you for sharing this clip.
    Really great!
    Strange times...
     
  7. zdreg

    zdreg

  8. notagain

    notagain

    Is inhumanity the method stupid, bandits use to force the intelligent into supporting the regime?
     
  9. zdreg

    zdreg

     
  10. Sprout

    Sprout

    #10     Feb 15, 2022
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