[DannyTN]

I’m too lazy to respond to this stupid insane author.

[rightwingcrazy]

“Why You Should Assume Everyone Is Stupid, Lazy, and Possibly Insane (Including You)”

Fine, I can assume it, but if it’s true, then I’m not smart, motivated or sane enough ever to be sure of it. That’s frustrating.

[glorgau]

Dumb, lazy, insane. Check, check, check. I’ve been described!

[unixfox]

And don’t trust ANYBODY.

My ex proved that one.

[SkyDancer]

I’ll remember that when I’m on the flight deck at 35,000 feet with 180 or so passengers; pass the booze, I’m feeling frisky.

[The Louiswu]

[FreedomVsControl]

This may be the best essay ever written, lol.

[Fai Mao]

Very few of the decisions we make are based on logic, reason or good thinking.

[PROCON]

Why You Should Assume Everyone Is Stupid, Lazy, and Possibly Insane (Including You)

[colorado tanker]

There’s a whole bunch of these people in Glasgow right now. And they are deciding your future.

[Pollard]

we have two modes of processing information to make decisions. The first is automatic. It’s our first reaction, our mind’s formation of instant associations with no effort. It’s intuitive and impressionistic, the result of connections we’ve built though countless past experiences.

The second is slower thought—the part of our brain we use when we do an Algebra problem, where we go through careful, logical steps to arrive at a conclusion. This kind of thinking is a lot of work.

I've found that for me, the first method usually brings about the right decision. Unfortunately, I rarely go with that one and instead, overthink until I get to the wrong decision.

[353FMG]

There are two categories of people living on this planet — snake oil salesmen and snake oil buyers.

[redgolum]

No matter how smart you are, you will do stupid stuff.

“Sanity” is a spectrum. I know many well behaved, rational folks who believe in crazy things.

“Lazy” sometimes is “How can I do this the most efficient way?” A great engineer is lazy if he makes a complicated part simple. But it is also a trap. When conservatives ask “Why don’t you save for the future?” we fail to realize most people are incapable (yes, incapable) of doing that. I have noticed many who will saying that saving and self denial are a form of stealing. “I want that new car, but can’t afford it now. If I save, I will be able to but that means I will not have it NOW!”

You can learn from everyone. Dad taught me that. For instance, if I ask the garbage man about what he is picking up from peoples houses, he will have a better idea than an economist who never ventures outside.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I fess up to 2-1/2 out of 3.

[seowulf]

I had a supervisor once who said tha if you have a new task, have the laziest person in the office develope the procedure to do it. That way you will get the most efficient method.

Oddly, I usually got to develope new procedures.

[joma89]

I read a book in war college about the “Mental model” each person has and while it was not this blunt, it described many of these same characteristics of the human creature.

[mjp]

Compartmentalization

even the smartest person is stupid most of the time.

[aspasia]

In other words, forty-six percent is when I stopped reading.

[grey_whiskers]

Notice he’s trying to debooonk the idea of a cabal, for the “intellectuals.”
The red pilling must really have them worried.

[minnesota_bound]

I am not insane. I have been tested.