Aryana Libris

Author : Cipolla Carlo M.
Title : The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity aka Allegroma non troppo
Year : 1976

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The first basic law of human stupidity asserts without ambiguity that: Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. At first, the statement sounds trivial, vague and horribly ungenerous. Closer scrutiny will however reveal its realistic veracity. No matter how high are one’s estimates of human stupidity, one is repeatedly and recurrently startled by the fact that: a) people whom one had once judged rational and intelligent turn out to be unashamedly stupid. b) day after day, with unceasing monotony, one is harassed in one’s activities by stupid individualswho appear suddenly and unexpectedly in the most inconvenient places and at themost improbable moments. ...