Holy hell "unvaccinated" is trending on twitter and my god what an epic shit show of stupidity is festering over there.

@freemo There's nobody left for them, but the crazies. :)

@hasmis @freemo There's an excellent (1976) essay by a guy named Carlo Cipolla on the general topic of stupidity. You may already have seen it. If not, it's worth checking out.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M.

See in particular, his 1st law: "Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation."

There's also a nice two-factor classification scheme in there (see the figure in the wikipedia article).

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Reminds me of this poster: IDIOCY
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
despair.com/products/idiocy

@pj @aebrockwell @freemo I think the poster would be better, if they weren’t wearing parachutes. :)

@pj @aebrockwell @hasmis @freemo

Or in the case of Elon Musk stupidity in a group of one.

Actually from a fedi viewpoint he is a ‘useful idiot’

@zleap @pj @aebrockwell @freemo OMG, this is a nested thread. Brain turning off for the day…

@Xna_NaJu @pj @aebrockwell @hasmis @freemo

It's funny that the exact same term is used with the opposite meaning by other people.

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