[bert]

...Against stupidity....

For the record, what is stupidty?

Is stupid a condition that can be remedied or is it a congenital condition that cannot be corrected with education?

[RightWhale]

is it a congenital condition that cannot be corrected with education?

Education reinforces stupidity.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

For the record, what is stupidty?

It is well recorded. "Stupid is as stupid does."

[GovernmentShrinker]

It's a combination of the two. People's mental ceilings are fixed at varying heights. How close to their personal ceiling their mental functioning actually gets is determined by things like education and other environmental factors. Lots of people with very low ceilings are operating right up next to their ceiling. Lots of people with very high ceilings are operating down near the floor. Accordingly, some very low-ceilinged people are operating at a much higher level than some very high-ceilinged people, and vice versa.

[boris]

"Is stupid a condition that can be remedied or is it a congenital condition that cannot be corrected with education?"

Hey, I just quote the quotes. Ask von Schiller.

Whatever it is, there is an inexhaustable supply.

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Ignorance can be corrected by education. Stupidity, on the other hand--as I view it--is incorrigible.

Ignorance does not equal stupidity. One can be highly-educated and utterly stupid. I suspect that here on FR we could compile a long list of names of those who qualify.

--Boris