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    The Five Laws Of Stupidity

    I put this under philosophy. The blurb for The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity reads:

    Throughout history, a powerful force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere from the world’s most powerful boardrooms to your local bar.

    It is human stupidity.

    Carlo M. Cipolla, noted professor of economic history at the UC Berkeley, created this vitally important book in order to detect and neutralize its threat. Both hilarious and dead serious, it will leave you better equipped to confront political realities, unreasonable colleagues, or your next dinner with your in-laws.
    The laws are:
    1. Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals among us.
    2. The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
    3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person while deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses themselves.
    4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals.
    5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

    The video below gives a great explanation and you might recognize its economic foundation.

    To understand the video here is the fuller diagram that's discussed:



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    The problem with the modern age is that the left uhm I mean the stupidity has begun to think.
    History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~

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    The economic foundation of this theory of stupidity is Austrian, I think, in that, in the free market, exchange is win-win, each party exchanging what they value less for what they value more. You will always have helpless people who need charity, and crooks, that's predictable. Economically, the stupid people are those who push non-free-market, socialist solutions that harm everyone.
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    If you have ever watched those Gotcha interviews on an average College Campus you get the impression that Stupid people are everywhere, even in so-called Higher Education!



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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    If you have ever watched those Gotcha interviews on an average College Campus you get the impression that Stupid people are everywhere, even in so-called Higher Education!



    "Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals among us."
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    The list reads like a dictionary of conservative ideals.

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