MostlyHarmlessY'all remember, before the internet, when people thought the source of stupidity was lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that.
Arthur Dent@MostlyHarmless
My fear is that it is very simple: the reason for stupidity is stupidity.
Doug@adamsfan @MostlyHarmless
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from “After Ten Years” :
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease.
Against stupidity we are defenseless.
https://nsjonline.com/article/2021/12/bonhoeffer-on-stupidity/
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from “After Ten Years” :
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease.
Against stupidity we are defenseless.
https://nsjonline.com/article/2021/12/bonhoeffer-on-stupidity/
BONHOEFFER: On stupidity | The North State Journal
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against st
Urban Hermit@adamsfan @MostlyHarmless
My definition of stupidity is any two of three things:
ignorance+arrogance,
ignorance+apathy,
arrogance+apathy.
Any one can be forgiven in the right circumstance, but in combination they lock up to protect the ego from accepting change, and that is unforgivable.