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A comment on Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976). Parent comment

Re:Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976) by phkahler on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:07PM (#32268092)
>> Sounds like this goes against the old saying "I may be stupid but I'm not dumb", i.e. I'm not book smart but I have common sense.

There is another saying "You can't fix stupid" so giving them more knowledge doesn't help, it just expands their sphere of influence.

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Re:Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976) by RajT88 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:11PM (#32268133)
There's an old Chinese/Japanese proverb about this even.

"Baka ni tsukeru kusuri nashi"

The medicine which can be applied to stupidity, does not exist.

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