The Role of Stupidity

[line b]

Whats the function of stupidity today? Pure hair brained stupidity. Fantastic leaps of anti logic. Lots of talk on extremism and polarization in the culture but stupidity is under analyzed. Im thinking of a 'revealing the map' angle- something in the water, factors at play that have shown the stupidity dormant in everyone rear head in seemingly un stupid individuals. Theres been an activation.

Luka said awhile ago that one of the worst parts of facebook was finding out that half of your friends are idiots and thats the direction we should take this thread (and not political lineage, misinformation, conspiracy theorists and etc. please)

 

[version]

Jackass demonstrated how lucrative a certain brand of public stupidity could be.

 

[Clinamenic]

Stupidity can be allofunctional, benefitting others, perhaps at the cost of the stupid person.

Opiation of would-be critical opponents, preconfiguring what registers as a threat, what registers as suboptimal.

In investing, especially crypto, stupidity has the function of letting others profit off of you.

 

[version]

Stupidity can be allofunctional, benefitting others, perhaps at the cost of the stupid person.

Opiation of would-be critical opponents, preconfiguring what registers as a threat, what registers as suboptimal.

In investing, especially crypto, stupidity has the function of letting others profit off of you.

Reading this made me feel stupid.

 

[Clinamenic]

But the opiate element of stupidity can have a function for the stupid person, i.e. ignorance is bliss.

 

[Clinamenic]

Reading this made me feel stupid.

Threw in a couple new words there.

 

[Clinamenic]

Stupidity may protect one from certain knowledge, knowledge that may compromise their existential comfort level.

 

[sus]

Strategic ignorance is a cornerstone of tactical epistemology.

 

[sus]

Stupidity may protect one from certain knowledge, knowledge that may compromise their existential comfort level.

Yep, this is one reason why.

Another is it helps you win games of chicken.

This is a great intro: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/07/16/cooperative-ignorance/

 

[line b]

I feel a distinction must be made between stupid and dumb. I think you two are describing dumbness, while stupidty is an active, connecting force.

 

[Clinamenic]

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
Bertrand Russell

 

[Clinamenic]

I feel a distinction must be made between stupid and dumb. I think you two are describing dumbness, while stupidty is an active, connecting force.

You mean like an active refusal to understand something?

 

[line b]

theres an ecstacy in stupidity isnt there?

 

[line b]

You mean like an active refusal to understand something?

this is a personal definition I made now but I think being dumb is being unable to understand something, while stupidity is a type of 'wrong' understanding. The latter resonates with the moment

 

[sus]

I feel a distinction must be made between stupid and dumb. I think you two are describing dumbness, while stupidty is an active, connecting force.

OK that's a fair distinction.

 

[Clinamenic]

theres an ecstacy in stupidity isnt there?

Insofar as stupidity may afford confidence, I suppose.

 

[line b]

Like flies flying towards the killing lamp.

 

[Clinamenic]

this is a personal definition I made now but I think being dumb is being unable to understand something, while stupidity is a type of 'wrong' understanding. The latter resonates with the moment

I think of stupid as a difficulty in understanding, as in stupefying someone, rendering them incapable of certain action.

 

[sus]

I suppose "Mount Stupid" is relevant here.

 

[Clinamenic]

If we wanna distinguish it from dumb, pretty sure dumb originally means that you can't speak or something, along the lines of "lame" anyway.