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Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense.
Stupidity may be innate, assumed, or reactive – a defence against grief or trauma.
Contents
1 Etymology
2 Definition
3 Laws of Stupidity
4 Playing stupid
5 Intellectual stupidity
6 Persisting in folly
7 In culture
7.1 In comedy
7.2 In literature
7.3 In film
7.4 Awards
7.5 In technology
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Etymology
Stupidity is a quality or state of being stupid, or an act or idea that exhibits properties of being stupid. The root word stupid, which can serve as an adjective or noun, comes from the Latin verb stupere, for being numb or astonished, and is related to stupor. In Roman culture, the stupidus was the professional fall-guy in the theatrical mimes.
According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, the words "stupid" and "stupidity" entered the English language in 1541. Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "fool," "idiot," "dumb," "moron," and related concepts as a pejorative appellation for human misdeeds, whether purposeful or accidental, due to absence of mental capacity.
Definition
The modern English word "stupid" has a broad range of application, from being slow of mind (indicating a lack of intelligence, care or reason), dullness of feeling or sensation (torpidity, senseless, insensitivity), or lacking interest or point (vexing, exasperating). It can either imply a congenital lack of capacity for reasoning, or a temporary state of daze or slow-mindedness.
In Understanding Stupidity, James F. Welles defines stupidity this way: "The term may be used to designate a mentality which is considered to be informed, deliberate and maladaptive." Welles distinguishes stupidity from ignorance; one must know they are acting in their own worst interest. Secondly, it must be a choice, not a forced act or accident. Lastly, it requires the activity to be maladaptive, in that it is in the worst interest of the actor, and specifically done to prevent adaption to new data or existing circumstances."
Laws of Stupidity
Carlo Maria Cipolla, an economic historian, is famous for his essays about human stupidity, such as "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity". He viewed stupid people as a group, more powerful by far than major organizations such as the Mafia and the industrial complex, which without regulations, leaders or manifesto nonetheless manages to operate to great effect and with incredible coordination.
These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity:
Always and inevitably each of us underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
The probability that a given person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic possessed by that person.
A person is stupid if they cause damage to another person or group of people without experiencing personal gain, or even worse causing damage to themselves in the process.
Non-stupid people always underestimate the harmful potential of stupid people; they constantly forget that at any time anywhere, and in any circumstance, dealing with or associating themselves with stupid individuals invariably constitutes a costly error.
A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person there is.
Playing stupid
Eric Berne described the game of "Stupid" as having "the thesis...'I laugh with you at my own clumsiness and stupidity.'" He points out that the player has the advantage of lowering other people's expectations, and so evading responsibility and work; but that s/he may still come through under pressure, like the proverbially stupid younger son.
Wilfred Bion considered that psychological projection created a barrier against learning anything new, and thus its own form of pseudo-stupidity.
Intellectual stupidity
Otto Fenichel maintained that "quite a percentage of so-called feeble-mindedness turns out to be pseudo-debility, conditioned by inhibition....Every intellect begins to show weakness when affective motives are working against it". He suggests that "people become stupid ad hoc, that is, when they do not want to understand, where understanding would cause anxiety or guilt feeling, or would endanger an existing neurotic equilibrium."
In rather different fashion, Doris Lessing argued that "there is no fool like an intellectual...a kind of clever stupidity, bred out of a line of logic in the head, nothing to do with experience."
Persisting in folly
In the Romantic reaction to Enlightenment wisdom, a valorisation of the irrational, the foolish and the stupid emerged, as in William Blake's dictum that "if the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise;" or Jung's belief that "it requires no art to become stupid; the whole art lies in extracting wisdom from stupidity. Stupidity is the mother of the wise, but cleverness never."
Similarly, Michel Foucault argued for the necessity of stupidity to re-connect with what our articulate categories exclude, to recapture the alterity of difference.
In culture
In comedy
The fool or buffoon has been a central character in much comedy. Alford and Alford found that humor based on stupidity was prevalent in "more complex" societies as compared to some other forms of humor.[20] Some analysis of Shakespeare's comedy has found that his characters tend to hold mutually contradictory positions; because this implies a lack of careful analysis it indicates stupidity on their part.
Today there is a wide array of television shows that showcase stupidity such as The Simpsons. Goofball comedy refers to a class of naive, zany humour typified by actor Leslie Nielsen.
In literature
The first book in English on stupidity was A Short Introduction to the History of Stupidity by Walter B. Pitkin (1932):
“ Stupidity can easily be proved the supreme Social Evil. Three factors combine to establish it as such. First and foremost, the number of stupid people is legion. Secondly, most of the power in business, finance, diplomacy and politics is in the hands of more or less stupid individuals. Finally, high abilities are often linked with serious stupidity.[25] ”
According to In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters, (2003) by Merrill R. Chapman:
“ The claim that high-tech companies are constantly running into 'new' and 'unique' situations that they cannot possibly be expected to anticipate and intelligently resolve is demonstrably false....The truth is that technology companies are constantly repeating the same mistakes with wearying consistency...and many of the stupid things these companies do are completely avoidable. ”
"While In Search of Excellence turned out to be a fraud, In Search of Stupidity is genuine, and no names have been changed to protect the guilty," according to one reviewer.
In film
Stupidity was a 2003 movie directed by Albert Nerenberg. It depicted examples and analyses of stupidity in modern society and media, and sought "to explore the prospect that willful ignorance has increasingly become a strategy for success in the realms of politics and entertainment."
Awards
The Darwin Awards honour people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion.
The World Stupidity Awards are granted in several categories: statement, situation, trend, achievement; man, movie, and media outlet.
In technology
Used as a term to retrospectively apply to an earlier generation of technology. For example "stupid-phone" to apply to a 2.5G mobile or POTS or even a non-cordless phone as opposed to the more modern "smartphones" or cordlesses.
See also
Anti-intellectualism
Bounded rationality
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Idiot (person)
Ignorance
Illusory superiority
IQ
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Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense.
Stupidity may be innate, assumed, or reactive – a defence against grief or trauma.
Contents
1 Etymology
2 Definition
3 Laws of Stupidity
4 Playing stupid
5 Intellectual stupidity
6 Persisting in folly
7 In culture
7.1 In comedy
7.2 In literature
7.3 In film
7.4 Awards
7.5 In technology
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Etymology
Stupidity is a quality or state of being stupid, or an act or idea that exhibits properties of being stupid. The root word stupid, which can serve as an adjective or noun, comes from the Latin verb stupere, for being numb or astonished, and is related to stupor. In Roman culture, the stupidus was the professional fall-guy in the theatrical mimes.
According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, the words "stupid" and "stupidity" entered the English language in 1541. Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "fool," "idiot," "dumb," "moron," and related concepts as a pejorative appellation for human misdeeds, whether purposeful or accidental, due to absence of mental capacity.
Definition
The modern English word "stupid" has a broad range of application, from being slow of mind (indicating a lack of intelligence, care or reason), dullness of feeling or sensation (torpidity, senseless, insensitivity), or lacking interest or point (vexing, exasperating). It can either imply a congenital lack of capacity for reasoning, or a temporary state of daze or slow-mindedness.
In Understanding Stupidity, James F. Welles defines stupidity this way: "The term may be used to designate a mentality which is considered to be informed, deliberate and maladaptive." Welles distinguishes stupidity from ignorance; one must know they are acting in their own worst interest. Secondly, it must be a choice, not a forced act or accident. Lastly, it requires the activity to be maladaptive, in that it is in the worst interest of the actor, and specifically done to prevent adaption to new data or existing circumstances."
Laws of Stupidity
Carlo Maria Cipolla, an economic historian, is famous for his essays about human stupidity, such as "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity". He viewed stupid people as a group, more powerful by far than major organizations such as the Mafia and the industrial complex, which without regulations, leaders or manifesto nonetheless manages to operate to great effect and with incredible coordination.
These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity:
Always and inevitably each of us underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
The probability that a given person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic possessed by that person.
A person is stupid if they cause damage to another person or group of people without experiencing personal gain, or even worse causing damage to themselves in the process.
Non-stupid people always underestimate the harmful potential of stupid people; they constantly forget that at any time anywhere, and in any circumstance, dealing with or associating themselves with stupid individuals invariably constitutes a costly error.
A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person there is.
Playing stupid
Eric Berne described the game of "Stupid" as having "the thesis...'I laugh with you at my own clumsiness and stupidity.'" He points out that the player has the advantage of lowering other people's expectations, and so evading responsibility and work; but that s/he may still come through under pressure, like the proverbially stupid younger son.
Wilfred Bion considered that psychological projection created a barrier against learning anything new, and thus its own form of pseudo-stupidity.
Intellectual stupidity
Otto Fenichel maintained that "quite a percentage of so-called feeble-mindedness turns out to be pseudo-debility, conditioned by inhibition....Every intellect begins to show weakness when affective motives are working against it". He suggests that "people become stupid ad hoc, that is, when they do not want to understand, where understanding would cause anxiety or guilt feeling, or would endanger an existing neurotic equilibrium."
In rather different fashion, Doris Lessing argued that "there is no fool like an intellectual...a kind of clever stupidity, bred out of a line of logic in the head, nothing to do with experience."
Persisting in folly
In the Romantic reaction to Enlightenment wisdom, a valorisation of the irrational, the foolish and the stupid emerged, as in William Blake's dictum that "if the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise;" or Jung's belief that "it requires no art to become stupid; the whole art lies in extracting wisdom from stupidity. Stupidity is the mother of the wise, but cleverness never."
Similarly, Michel Foucault argued for the necessity of stupidity to re-connect with what our articulate categories exclude, to recapture the alterity of difference.
In culture
In comedy
The fool or buffoon has been a central character in much comedy. Alford and Alford found that humor based on stupidity was prevalent in "more complex" societies as compared to some other forms of humor.[20] Some analysis of Shakespeare's comedy has found that his characters tend to hold mutually contradictory positions; because this implies a lack of careful analysis it indicates stupidity on their part.
Today there is a wide array of television shows that showcase stupidity such as The Simpsons. Goofball comedy refers to a class of naive, zany humour typified by actor Leslie Nielsen.
In literature
The first book in English on stupidity was A Short Introduction to the History of Stupidity by Walter B. Pitkin (1932):
“ Stupidity can easily be proved the supreme Social Evil. Three factors combine to establish it as such. First and foremost, the number of stupid people is legion. Secondly, most of the power in business, finance, diplomacy and politics is in the hands of more or less stupid individuals. Finally, high abilities are often linked with serious stupidity.[25] ”
According to In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters, (2003) by Merrill R. Chapman:
“ The claim that high-tech companies are constantly running into 'new' and 'unique' situations that they cannot possibly be expected to anticipate and intelligently resolve is demonstrably false....The truth is that technology companies are constantly repeating the same mistakes with wearying consistency...and many of the stupid things these companies do are completely avoidable. ”
"While In Search of Excellence turned out to be a fraud, In Search of Stupidity is genuine, and no names have been changed to protect the guilty," according to one reviewer.
In film
Stupidity was a 2003 movie directed by Albert Nerenberg. It depicted examples and analyses of stupidity in modern society and media, and sought "to explore the prospect that willful ignorance has increasingly become a strategy for success in the realms of politics and entertainment."
Awards
The Darwin Awards honour people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion.
The World Stupidity Awards are granted in several categories: statement, situation, trend, achievement; man, movie, and media outlet.
In technology
Used as a term to retrospectively apply to an earlier generation of technology. For example "stupid-phone" to apply to a 2.5G mobile or POTS or even a non-cordless phone as opposed to the more modern "smartphones" or cordlesses.
See also
Anti-intellectualism
Bounded rationality
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Idiot (person)
Ignorance
Illusory superiority
IQ
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Charles, we know it :-). You dont need to apologize us and give us definition of your problem we know it and we accept you.
I have more friend who are little stupid, but it doesnt mean that they are bad or so. Just dont try explain to us in scientific view your complex here.
This is topic news around the world and I dont want to be rude, but your problem is not new and the world dont care about it :-D
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I have more friend who are little stupid, but it doesnt mean that they are bad or so. Just dont try explain to us in scientific view your complex here.
This is topic news around the world and I dont want to be rude, but your problem is not new and the world dont care about it :-D
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Ihor Voronchenko said in a television interview, that "three days ago a column of Russian armed forces entered the territory of Ukraine." - There are 1200 people and 150 military vehicles, including tanks and Grad rocket systems - he clarified.
:-)
150 military vehicles are from ukrainian army, their soldiers run out from the battle, so rebels get it. And where is problem ?
And yes, rebels make simple training camps in Russia so they are training to train themselves. The reason is simple, rebels dont run out from the battle and rebels have families so they dont want die. They need train new voluntaries from their own region on safe place, so they do it in Russia. Where it can be much safer ?
But that people are people from Donetsk or Lugansk area, no original russians... or have you prove, that russian army is there ? Just dont said me that Porosenko or Vorossenko said it... Hilter said too "send there 17th and 18th army", he just dont realize that he dont own such a armies :-DD
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150 military vehicles are from ukrainian army, their soldiers run out from the battle, so rebels get it. And where is problem ?
And yes, rebels make simple training camps in Russia so they are training to train themselves. The reason is simple, rebels dont run out from the battle and rebels have families so they dont want die. They need train new voluntaries from their own region on safe place, so they do it in Russia. Where it can be much safer ?
But that people are people from Donetsk or Lugansk area, no original russians... or have you prove, that russian army is there ? Just dont said me that Porosenko or Vorossenko said it... Hilter said too "send there 17th and 18th army", he just dont realize that he dont own such a armies :-DD
Charles, we really accept your psychiatrically problem, but please stop spam this thread with your personal problem. I ask you !
Please stop the apparent arrousal between the 2 of you and discuss the news of the world without personal unhealthy discussion.
I wish more people get more courage and say the truth in public....
Hi :) I dont good speak english, but I learn it. So, I read »NEWS AROUND THE WORLD in Forum Freestyle International (en) because I like politics. I read what you writting in this topic and I support your opinion :) jasiom22 dont understand sure thing ;)
I know it, that is why I am writing here all the time :-)
Hi :) I dont good speak english, but I learn it. So, I read »NEWS AROUND THE WORLD in Forum Freestyle International (en) because I like politics. I read what you writting in this topic and I support your opinion :) jasiom22 dont understand sure thing ;)
I know it, that is why I am writing here all the time :-)
I suppose this has nothing to do with democracy, since I believe he was elected in a fair way.
Ethics on the other hand :p
Ethics on the other hand :p
So we no longer search for the spiritual wealth of a person, but for the physical wealth. I wonder how much isolated a person must be to come up with such idea. What will be the difference between a murderer and a doctor?
Thanks for sharing the news, btw.
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Thanks for sharing the news, btw.
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You have to excuse me dear Charles. :-p
I think I finally got there... everyone sometimes needs time... when emotions are involved,
I think I am... by now... immune to rumpil's nonsense.. :-) (as I was before... :-])
Yet, there are a few moral, philosophical questions from the political compass, I often return to, and find quite interesting or difficult to answer:
1.Land shouldn't be a commodity to be bought and sold. (agree or disagree?)
2.In criminal justice, punishment should be more important than rehabilitation. (agree or disagree?)
3.It is a waste of time to try to rehabilitate some criminals. (agree or disagree?)
I have a lot of doubts.. about those issues...
1.land... can it ever be really owned? by a person or nation? :-] with or without force, 2.when someone invades the 'owned land' (by modern standards, and international law) is punishment or diplomacy/rehabilitation more effective to resolve a conflict, and/or is it at all just?, and 3. will the aggressors or bullies ever get it... (what they did/do) ?
These issues are fundamental to all territorial conflicts...
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I think I finally got there... everyone sometimes needs time... when emotions are involved,
I think I am... by now... immune to rumpil's nonsense.. :-) (as I was before... :-])
Yet, there are a few moral, philosophical questions from the political compass, I often return to, and find quite interesting or difficult to answer:
1.Land shouldn't be a commodity to be bought and sold. (agree or disagree?)
2.In criminal justice, punishment should be more important than rehabilitation. (agree or disagree?)
3.It is a waste of time to try to rehabilitate some criminals. (agree or disagree?)
I have a lot of doubts.. about those issues...
1.land... can it ever be really owned? by a person or nation? :-] with or without force, 2.when someone invades the 'owned land' (by modern standards, and international law) is punishment or diplomacy/rehabilitation more effective to resolve a conflict, and/or is it at all just?, and 3. will the aggressors or bullies ever get it... (what they did/do) ?
These issues are fundamental to all territorial conflicts...
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Captued Ukraine Nazi forces, look how civilians like them!
After watching I made conclusion that civilian is wrong term, svoloch is right one.