Re:Stupidity is a specific cognitive failing
by denton-scratch on Monday August 09, 2021 @05:16AM
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The OP seems to be coming from a Buddhist perspective. If that's correct, then I think he's got the wrong end of the stick; the mental impairment he is contrasting with "wisdom" is usually referred to in Buddhist literature as "ignorance", which means a propensity to ignore things, to deliberately refuse to know.
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Re:Stupidity is a specific cognitive failing
by acituan on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:16AM
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Not exclusively. It is also a very Socratic perspective (which happens to be a contemporary to Buddha).
Buddhist interpretation of ignorance overlaps more with Socratic interpretation than our current use of the word. It is not a mere lack of knowledge in “propositions”. It is an existential state. If you think about it framing problems are also ignorance problems; ignoring relevant information/perspectives/action in our problem formulations.