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No man is intelligent enough to understand his own stupidity
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The thesis is: no man is intelligent enough to understand his own stupidity. And vice versa: intelligence is the product of the vain attempts to get hold of stupidity.”
People are getting dumber. This is what researchers, including UVA psychologist Jan in Nijenhuis, argue this month in the journal Intelligence (a summary can be found here). They used reaction time as a criterion. According to Matthijs van Boxsel, author of The Encyclopedia of Stupidity, this view of stupidity is wrong. “Stupidity is not a lack of intelligence.”
Matthijs van Boxsel on research that says that people are getting dumber #domheid #intelligentie
People are getting dumber. This is what researchers, including UVA psychologist Jan in Nijenhuis, argue this month in the journal Intelligence (a summary can be found here). They used reaction time as a criterion. According to Matthijs van Boxsel, author of The Encyclopedia of Stupidity, this view of stupidity is wrong. “Stupidity is not a lack of intelligence.”
Matthijs van Boxsel on research that says that people are getting dumber #domheid #intelligentie
How do we get over our stupidity?
“We cannot overcome our stupidity, nor can we change or modify our folk character one-two-three.”
Dumb, dumb, stupid. I see it everywhere, also in a film: the noir classic The Hitch-Hiker (1953) by Ida Lupino, in which two men take a hitchhiker on a fishing trip who stands at night in the middle of the road in the middle of the middle of the road. That's not smart. The man turns out to be a killer who kidnaps the two men and threatens to kill them.
“We cannot overcome our stupidity, nor can we change or modify our folk character one-two-three.”
Dumb, dumb, stupid. I see it everywhere, also in a film: the noir classic The Hitch-Hiker (1953) by Ida Lupino, in which two men take a hitchhiker on a fishing trip who stands at night in the middle of the road in the middle of the middle of the road. That's not smart. The man turns out to be a killer who kidnaps the two men and threatens to kill them.
Trailer The Hitcher (2007) - Official Trailer [HD]
The best thing I like is the endearing stupidity. At night, the two men manage to escape. And then... they stand still for a moment to look around and discuss what to do now... while you would say: run for your life! The killer easily charges them and says, “You guys are really dumb.”
The two men in this film illustrate how stupidity works. Not only are they lying to their husbands — they're not fishing at all, they're on their way to Mexico to get drunk and visit shady ladies — they're also picking up that hitch-hitchhiker.
The best thing I like is the endearing stupidity. At night, the two men manage to escape. And then... they stand still for a moment to look around and discuss what to do now... while you would say: run for your life! The killer easily charges them and says, “You guys are really dumb.”
The two men in this film illustrate how stupidity works. Not only are they lying to their husbands — they're not fishing at all, they're on their way to Mexico to get drunk and visit shady ladies — they're also picking up that hitch-hitchhiker.
The Film The Hitch-Hiker (1953) [Film Noir]
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