This is for the loving and lovely Mrs. Left is Right, who seems more understanding and tolerant of S.P. than I can ever be.
| The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, by Carlo M. Cipolla:
Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. The probability that a certain person will be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. (Corrolary: A stupid person is more dangerous than a bandit.) |
HERE is the source.
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