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The Five Universal Laws of Human Stupidity
https://getpocket.com/en/about/?src=footer_v2 ^ | 1976 | Carlo M. Cipolla

Posted on 10/31/2021 3:37:13 AM PDT by knarf

Something light .... and true


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; carlomcipolla; culture; gullibility; society; stupidarticle; stupidity; stupidpeople

1 posted on 10/31/2021 3:37:13 AM PDT by knarf
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To: knarf

Pretty much defines most of the western world right now.


2 posted on 10/31/2021 3:40:45 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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“DESCRIBES BIDEN PERFECTLY”......A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.


3 posted on 10/31/2021 3:44:23 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: knarf

“You don’t frighten us, English pig dogs!
Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person!
I blow my nose at you, so-called “Arthur King,” you and all your silly English K-n-i-g-g-i-t-s.”


4 posted on 10/31/2021 3:56:47 AM PDT by Norski (Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. - Thomas Mann)
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To: Liz

Team Biden has been paid handsomely for its role in the takedown of America.


5 posted on 10/31/2021 3:58:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Liz

Biden must have studied under Noam Chomsky.


6 posted on 10/31/2021 5:02:27 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: knarf

I saw all five carrying tiki torches the other day.


7 posted on 10/31/2021 5:25:06 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: knarf

stupid people = ignorance + delusions + emotionalists + evaders of reality + whim worshippers + retardation


8 posted on 10/31/2021 6:49:20 AM PDT by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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To: knarf

Law 1: Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

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

Law 3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.

Law 4: 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.

Law 5: A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. A stupid person is more dangerous than a bandit.


9 posted on 10/31/2021 7:09:43 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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I do wonder if there’s any cure for stupidity. It’s something we have to live with. We must try harder to live with stupid people and be intelligent.


10 posted on 10/31/2021 7:43:47 AM PDT by rusureitflies? (Not much to say, yet.)
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To: rusureitflies?

The myth is that education can cure stupidity.

It cannot even if the educators have good intentions—because stupid people will always let their emotions rule over reason.

History has proven that a large proportion of Homo Sapiens are dangerous to themselves and others.


11 posted on 10/31/2021 7:46:28 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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Keep in mind....... what the WSJ said of his interview with Anderson Cooper last week,
“Mr. Biden often doesn’t seem to know what he’s talking about.”


12 posted on 10/31/2021 7:46:33 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: rusureitflies?

“I do wonder if there’s any cure for stupidity.”

No. All you can do is recognize it and defend yourself from it.

L


13 posted on 10/31/2021 7:46:35 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: rusureitflies?

I do wonder if there’s any cure for stupidity. It’s something we have to live with. We must try harder to live with stupid people and be intelligent.

A) There is no cure by definition;

B) Be mindful of Law 4.


14 posted on 10/31/2021 8:03:10 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: knarf

Amen brother!


15 posted on 10/31/2021 9:05:18 AM PDT by Dave911
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To: cgbg
I believe it was George Carlin who said (paraphrased): Think about how stupid the average person is. Now, realize that half of the population is more stupid than that.
16 posted on 10/31/2021 12:34:22 PM PDT by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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