The Case for Professors of Stupidity

[alwaysinasnit]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-case-for-professors-of-stupidity

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But what exactly is stupidity? David Krakauer, the President of the Santa Fe Institute, told interviewer Steve Paulson, for Nautilus, stupidity is not simply the opposite of intelligence. “Stupidity is using a rule where adding more data doesn’t improve your chances of getting [a problem] right,” Krakauer said. “In fact, it makes it more likely you’ll get it wrong.” Intelligence, on the other hand, is using a rule that allows you to solve complex problems with simple, elegant solutions. “Stupidity is a very interesting class of phenomena in human history, and it has to do with rule systems that have made it harder for us to arrive at the truth,” he said. “It’s an interesting fact that, whilst there are numerous individuals who study intelligence—there are whole departments that are interested in it—if you were to ask yourself what’s the greatest problem facing the world today, I would say it would be stupidity. So we should have professors of stupidity—it would just be embarrassing to be called the stupid professor.”

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Interesting article and so very relevant.

[notdarkyet]

1. Too much stupidity in our country today. Does stupid recognize stupid?

[alwaysinasnit]

2. I think that is the whole point of the Dunning-Kruger study.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. There is cleverness (tRump), intelligence (Biden), and wisdom (Obama)

tRump is clever about two things: manipulating social media and using other people's money. Stupid about everything else, and the exact opposite of wise.

Biden is intelligent and will make a very good President.

Obama is wise (deeply intelligent with breadth, empathy, and a sense of history). He was a truly great President.