> But we are also capable of breathtaking stupidity, imagining that it’s a good idea to turn over a nuclear arsenal to Donald Trump And ... nothing bad enough

> But we are also capable of breathtaking stupidity, imagining that it’s a good idea to turn over a nuclear arsenal to Donald Trump And ... nothing bad enough happened to warrant the phrase "breathtaking stupidity". I think the author spent their entire article on the wrong precept, viz that while humans are smarter than cephalopods, they are also stupider, but it is hard to understand what the author's bar for stupidity is, considering that the final example didn't warrant the description of "breathtaking stupidity". It's possible that the author is blind to certain facts, ironically, because it doesn't match their worldview.