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| The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (harmful.cat-v.org) | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2011 | 120 points by vimes656 | philosophy | original thread | | ||
| 2 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| elihu Aug 9, 2021 | on: Stupidity is a specific cognitive failing | context |
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MaxBarraclough Aug 9, 2021 | on: Stupidity is a specific cognitive failing | context
Not a good summary. Some more informative links: • http://harmful.cat-v.org/people/basic-laws-of-human-stupidit... • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla#The_Basic_Law... • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2570448 (as someone else linked) |
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Probably worth mentioning "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity" by Carlo M. Cipolla, which has an interesting and somewhat different definition of stupidity and has been discussed here before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2570448