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(from Carlo Maria Cipolla's "Basic Laws of Human 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.
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At the end of the day - may the best ideas prevail. The chips are on the table. Place your bets!
Excellent SOTT comment.
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Incredibly high handed if you ask me.