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"The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity" was posted here about a month ago. http://www.zoon.cc/stupid/ http://www.zoon.cc/stupid/ It defines stupidity in an intere
by elihu 9y ago
"The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity" was posted here about a month ago. http://www.zoon.cc/stupid/ http://www.zoon.cc/stupid/
It defines stupidity in an interesting way:
> A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.
The point is that if someone is doing something that's detrimental to others, it's a mistake to assume that they must be getting some kind of advantage by their actions. Making life a little worse for themselves and others might just be their way of interacting with the world.
I don't know if that descrbes Pai. He might actually be getting a significant personal advantage for what he's doing. I just think we should consider the possibility that the things he's doing don't have a rational reason.