It helps you frame your point of view and, true, avoid cynicism. Stupidity can also be more subtle. It's not always clear cut idiocy, there's a continuum betwe

It helps you frame your point of view and, true, avoid cynicism. Stupidity can also be more subtle. It's not always clear cut idiocy, there's a continuum between total and absolute head-desk stupidity, and ignorance or information blindness that's outside one's control. Whereas malice is much less a continuum: the only question is, to what degree is this person an asshole, and when will they strike next? Intentionally and willfully hurting others is another world from anything unintentional. The law treats it the same way. Hence, I believe it is helpful. In any case, it's a razor: it separates illogical conceptual rabbit-holes from that which is more likely to be true.