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 <fs xx-large>Stupidity</fs> is the property of a person, action or belief instantiated by virtue of having or being indicative of low [[intelligence]] or poor learning abilities.
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 People tend towards thinking of themselves as being very smart. Everyone does it, myself included. It probably comes from a very long history of one making sense to oneself (rationally, not emotionally) while others tend to be beyond comprehension. No front, though, I think it's pretty human to be inclined to think this way, however this means that it will take active effort to counteract. I do this by generally assuming that, on average, I am probably a very average human being and that when I don't understand why a person is doing something that irritates me and which I do not understand, the failure probably lies with me in not understanding it. I try really hard - though admittedly fail more often than I am comfortable with admitting - not to get annoyed or pissed off and instead either just carry on (when dealing with people I don't have to deal with for very long) or try to talk it out (when repeated interaction and therefore the emerging issues are likely to repeat and therefore worth the effort to address). [[xkcd]] has a very nice strip on this that also nicely captures the "sigh" element of repeatedly dealing with people that say things like "people are so dumb".
-This, by the way, //does// include everyone who might actually be considered stupid. Political enemies (liberals, conservatives, etc.), conspiracy theorists (flat earthers for example), cult adherents ([[Jehovah's Witlesses]]), those who do not believe in conspiracy theories, and everyone else. If you have ever committed the grave sin of calling someone stupid (I certainly have), this is the context for that. Ever since, I try to reserve that for the most dire of situations because, well, while it is not to me to make assessments on other people's intelligence, sometimes things //are// stupid. Averages are just averages. While I may be thinking of myself in those moments to possess the necessary authority to make such claims, this is way out of my depth. There are experts who have dedicated their lives to the study of intelligence and even they can't really define it quite yet, so who am I to fall such judgements. That would be [[Arrogance|arrogant]].
+This, by the way, //does// include everyone who might actually be considered stupid. They aren't any dumber than you are. Political enemies (liberals, conservatives, etc.), conspiracy theorists (flat earthers for example), cult adherents ([[Jehovah's Witlesses]]), those who do not believe in conspiracy theories, and everyone else. If you have ever committed the grave sin of calling someone stupid (I certainly have), this is the context for that. Ever since, I try to reserve that for the most dire of situations because, well, while it is not to me to make assessments on other people's intelligence, sometimes things //are// stupid. Averages are just averages. While I may be thinking of myself in those moments to possess the necessary authority to make such claims, this is way out of my depth. There are experts who have dedicated their lives to the study of intelligence and even they can't really define it quite yet, so who am I to fall such judgements. That would be [[Arrogance|arrogant]].
+====== Must be stupid ======
+Remember, everyone thinks they're being reasonable. You, me, everyone around us. It always makes sense from our perspective, but if someone else does something that doesn't make sense from our perspective, then clearly they must be dumb.
+<wrap lo>Actually I take it all back, some people really are stupid and they're fucking annoying and please just shut the fuck up already. I spent three years in total isolation, never saw a human soul, and now that I am somewhat back into society I remember how painful some aspects of dealing with other humans were. One of these aspects is people that are very, very slow. Like, unreasonably slow. Please, get out of my way. Please, if you can't do this then let me do this alone. Don't stand in the way, taking up time and resources if you're not gonna contribute anything anyway. Let me do it on my own, I never chose you to be here anyway. Jesus christ.</wrap>