Author here! You are 100% correct. Language like this can be super harmful. I'm generally a believer that stupidity is something that you DO, not someone that

Author here! You are 100% correct. Language like this can be super harmful. I'm generally a believer that stupidity is something that you DO, not someone that you ARE. [1] https://qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity https://qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupi... Unrelated to IQ, I think at any given point in time, half of us are (by definition) doing more stupid/reckless things than the other 50% of people. I earnestly believe the world would be a better place if everybody assumed they've accidentally put themselves in the stupid cohort and work to get out of it :)