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Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands
(www.theguardian.com)
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https://bonpote.com/en/the-5-basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/
Law 1: Everyone always and inevitably underestimates the number of stupid people in circulation
Law 2: The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
Law 3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or group of people when he or she does not benefit and may even suffer losses.
Law 4: Non-stupid people always underestimate the destructive power of stupid individuals.
Law 5: A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.
TIL of the godfather of the quadrant meme, is that the name?
Nolan Chart.
Not to be confused with Gartner Chart.
What if I estimate the number of stupid people in circulation to 10 trillion?
Then you really know your people.
OOOOF. This is a gooder. Cuz like, technically being terrible at math is an independent characteristic, meaning that I can't categorize you as stupid, thus would adhering to the 4th law.
Congratulations. You solved stupidity.
I feel like it's worth noting that anyone, including you, can be a stupid person, and acknowledging that fact does not exempt you from potentially being a stupid person
Yes that’s what rule 2 is for.
Just think it could stand to be more explicit. Some people, being stupid, wouldn't be able to figure out that they may themselves be stupid based only on those laws