@philosophyminis: Ricky Gervais once said that stupidity is like death: it’s only painful for other people. And according to the historian and economist Carlo Cipolla, he’s absolutely right. In 1976, Cipolla wrote an essay where he laid out the five laws of stupidity, and the most important golden law is law number three. It says that a ‘stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or group of people when he or she does not benefit, or may even suffer.’ Stupidity is not the same as IQ, as with dumbness, or the ability to assess risks, as with foolishness. For Cipolla, stupidity is an action defined by its implications. And so, using this definition, we find that there are four different kinds of people. A helpless person is somebody who helps other people while harming themselves. A bandit is somebody who helps themselves while harming other people. A stupid person is somebody who harms other people while gaining nothing themselves, and may even harm themselves in the process. And finally, an intelligent person is somebody who works out how to help themselves and others at the same time. It goes without saying that we should avoid bandits in life, but in some ways this is actually easier than avoiding stupidity, because we all eventually get to know who the troublemakers are. But stupidity is a bit more subtle, and so we have to take note. We have to repeatedly watch those who have a habit of making situations worse. We have to remember those people who make their own and other people’s lives worse off. And then we can try to avoid them. We can slowly but surely cut them out of our lives and find someone else to be around.

Princess Paula 1 :

There’s just something so annoying about this !

Gina❀ .ೃ࿔:･✺ :

Stupidity never really hurts anyone in the history of the humanity but only the intelligent ones had, we have tried to build better and better but didn’t know that it can harm us someday because we didn’t have enough wisdom

Kaiji Ultimate survivor :

"Ah yes the great philosopher... *checks notes* Ricky gervais"

UNC :

By this measure, I may be stupid….therefore I disagree😂

Laura Steyn :

You cant avoid stupid people because they all work in key athority roles 🙄

samfordham :

yes, but there are SO MANY of them!

SUDHIR PATEL :

They think they are smart too.

Wild Antonio :

Humans are not intelligent. Neither are any of their extensions. Knowledge isn't Wisdom. Intelligence isn't regurgitating other's experiences.

Jummy🦋 :

My dad is a bandit, my mom is stupid

🌻 Mio Kjær 🐝 :

I think that he Carlo Cipolla missed something regarding the cause of stupidity which I would argue can be narrowed down to either a lack of knowledge or a lack of consideration. A stupid person then isn’t going to stop being stupid unless they gain the knowledge or experience about how and why their actions were harmful to themselves and others. Merely avoiding stupid people isn’t going to do much except perpetuate stupidity to protect your own peace of mind. I would suggest that we use constructive confrontation like “I’m sure you didn’t mean to, but when you did this, it was really harmful. Here is why…”

Kukubor Senanu :

“An intelligent person is somebody who works out how to help themselves and others at the same time” ❤️

TdebA :

Avoiding them doesn't solve the problems they cause to society - your approach here is not effective, only selfish

Poh :

Stupidity harms self and others. That’s today’s wisdom I get. 😊

Katalyst🐺 :

_nzini :

Brilliant

Talgat :

One would consider also the intention: a bandit harms everyone else on purpose, whereas the stupid people do that even without realizing of making harm

Saracen Rudin :

Those who have a habit of making the situation worse. I know quite a few of these. The advice is indeed to just avoid them and cut them out of your life.

xanthus balius :

love your channel ❤️I appreciate your work and effort with this channel Jonny 🙏

Two Tez Tickles :

The society have always rewarded stupid. To the point, it's safer to be stupid cuz it's smarter than being stupid to be smart.

Moe93 🇸🇦 :

Yeah... it came of the mouth of the smartest man alive.

sergio v :

An intelligent person knows when to explain, when to ignore, and when to walk away.

Kuru Guru :

there is a 6th law which says it's stupid to not put the most important law in the #1 spot

Arnon Har- Lev :

🤔 Was Carlo Chipotle the inventor of Chipotle Peppers?

belenchis :

jajjajq thast is true

Hellstrom :

Schopenhauer.... he introduced this