And given what we know about the natural variability of climate, and the utter stupidity of using short term trends to project long term trends, there is no resaon to expect current trends to continue... unless you are a natural climate variability denier.
Professor Aronson calls the doltishness induced by an uncomfortable social situation "conditional stupidity". We should use that insight to create the conditions for brilliance.
The whole purpose of an interview was to serve as a proxy for actual performance, because we didn't have the tools and infrastructure to easily observe and measure the latter: but now that we do, it is the height of cargo-cult stupidity not to use them.
There 's a bit less stupidity than there used to be.
The author of two books on stupidity has been charged with using the Internet to try to arrange sex with a 15-year-old girl, who was actually a male undercover detective.
Although Hanlon's Razor is quoted using the word "stupidity," I prefer to use "ignorance," since not having all the information can often be the issue where we might assume it's stupidity (i.e. lack of good judgement).
The people using the strategic stupidity are doing just that.
While it can be disastrous if used with stupidity, correct usage of this technology can prove quite useful in the advancement of criminal technology.
Those using common sense can sometimes be impatient at the stupidity of others around them.
"The goal was not to mock or be cruel to the mentally challenged, but exalt in the stupidity of people who use that word," he said.
