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January 28, 2005
Stupid is as Stupid Does
UPDATE: I passed the test! Yay for me!
Today is the big test. I have been studying, practicing and then studying some more, to the point where I think my head will explode if I do one more calculation.
I am ready? I am as ready as I can be, I am nervous but confident.
So, for distraction and my own amusement, I did a little looking around on the subject of stupidity and I found the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity. I thought I would share a few.
- Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
No matter how high are one's estimates of human stupidity, one is repeatedly and recurrently startled by the fact that:
a) people whom one had once judged rational and intelligent turn out to be unashamedly stupid.
b) day after day, with unceasing monotony, one is harassed in one's activities by stupid individuals who appear suddenly and unexpectedly in the most inconvenient places and at the most improbable moments.
Can't argue with that, or with this:
- The probability that a certain person will be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
... one finds the same percentage of stupid people whether one is considering very large groups or one is dealing with very small ones. No other set of observable phenomena offers such striking proof of the powers of Nature.
I usually say that in a much simpler way - "Stupid people abound" and yes, they have an amazing way of spreading stupidity.
- Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.
So. Wish me luck!
Posted by LindaSoG at January 28, 2005 11:54 AM