2006-09-28 03:32:26 · 26 answers · asked by billy bob-joli 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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
men are not equal, that some are stupid and others are not, and that the difference is determined by nature and not by cultural forces or factors. One is stupid in the same way one is red-haired; one belongs to the stupid set as one belongs to a blood group. A stupid man is born a stupid man by an act of Providence. Although convinced that fraction of human beings are stupid and that they are so because of genetic traits, I am not a reactionary trying to reintroduce surreptitiously class or race discrimination. I firmly believe that stupidity is an indiscriminate privilege of all human groups and is uniformly distributed according to a constant proportion. This fact is scientifically expressed by the Second Basic Law which states that
The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
The most remarkable fact about the frequency of stupidity is that Nature succeeds in making this frequency equal to the probability quite independently from the size of the group.
Thus 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.
The evidence that education has nothing to do with the probability was provided by experiments carried on in a large number of universities all over the world. .
2006-09-28 03:40:14 · answer #1 · answered by temptations_irresistible1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stupidity is the quality or condition of being stupid, or lacking intelligence. This quality can be attributed to both an individual himself (John Smith is stupid) or his actions, words or beliefs (John Smith's policies are stupid). The determination of who is stupid is difficult, despite attempts to measure intelligence (and thus stupidity) such as IQ tests.
2006-09-28 03:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by hys7768 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The inability to learn, either from disability or lack of interest, That is stupidity.
2006-09-28 03:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by old man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its when a person keeps making the same mistake over and over again and they will not allow their self to learn from same misstakes!Thats one good exsample of Stupidity!Hollywood
2006-09-28 03:42:31 · answer #4 · answered by hollywood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quality or condition of being stupid or lacking intelligence.
2006-09-28 03:35:59 · answer #5 · answered by Jet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George W. Bush, neo-cons, the war in Iraq and mixing religion and politics.
2006-09-28 03:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking for corners in a round room.
2006-09-28 03:34:24 · answer #7 · answered by Just Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stupidity is being a fool
2006-09-28 03:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
stupidity means
lack of intelligence: lack of intelligence, perception, or common sense
2. rashness or thoughtlessness: extremely rash or thoughtless behavior
2006-09-28 03:50:13 · answer #9 · answered by red_rules! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to trust the government... how stupid id that!!
2006-09-28 03:34:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋