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- Hermitwise, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Actually I think it's the opposite, stupid people tend to have more unprotected sex, therefor they have more children than smarter people. Then the stupid people get the smarter people killed, killing off the already smaller population of smart people. My definition of stupidity includes violence,hatred,small mindedness, which aren't that bad for personal survival.Oh my we're doomed.
- benshariff, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21In my experience, Alcohol was behind my "bright" ideas...
- nonpareil, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18This overlooks the Digg bias: digging something simply 'cuz 100 other fools have.
- AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8These can all be summed up in to parts:
People want to be right, so much so that they will conform to what they know is wrong simply to avoid appearing wrong and take really bad risks because they can so no wrong, and will blame what does go wrong on anyone else.
And humans, by nature, tend to be selfish and competitive, which may have once been necessary to ensure the survival of one's own family in ways no longer of concern today, so this trait is places on other things, such as sports, work, etc.. - maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6its the job of smart people to keep stupid people alive so that they can annoy and or kill smart people
- Hermitwise, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10 Number 1 is the most likely I think. I was talking to someone the other day who told me how her and a bunch of her friends went joyriding in their parent's car, blasting music and yelling at people on the streets, I asked if the driver was doing this too she said yes. So obviously I pointed out how it was reckless driving on her part, her response was "yeah but it was fun, you're a party pooper", This mentality horrifies me on a few levels, the most important one of course being that these people are the majority of society, and that they are legally allowed to drive vehicles. Stupidity is the one thing that truly horrifies and saddens me.
- bash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@nonpareil: No it doesn't. It's #3.
- devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9This list is 10 reasons OTHER people make stupid decisions. I never make a mistake!
- headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Reminds me of the story (maybe posted on Digg?) about a guy who was on house arrest, and he got the bright idea to drive to a fast food spot real fast, because he knew it took 15 minutes before any "alarms" would go off (he was wearing an ankle bracelet). So what does he do in that quick 15 minutes? Starts yelling and cursing at the cashier.
Of course he gets arrested for his behavior, and gets doubly in trouble because he wasn't supposed to leave his house in the first place. So I have to wonder what kind of thought process was going through his mind when he started screaming at the cashier. Didn't it cross his mind that he was skating on thin ice by leaving his house in the first place, and he should be acting cool as a cucumber? No, apparently not. He made a dumb decision (or no decision at all).
So in the end I have to agree with #1, in that some people are just morons. I think for some people, a clear rational thought doesn't run through their mind before they make a really dumb decision. I can only imagine those kinds of people are driven by emotions rather than thinking. - oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5i thought "their penis" would be somewhere on the list.
- jsd8cc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey, you can't quote the Bible on teh internet
- webXL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What about "Because the American taxpayer will bail me out"?
Our tax dollars fund stupid decisions at all levels of government. Maybe it's our own stupidity there because we keep forking it over and don't demand any accountability.
Better hope foreign investors keep buying our debt, or we'll have to fork over A LOT more. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@headzoo: "I have to agree with #1, in that some people are just morons."
Hermitwise also missed the point of #1, the article is about "Bad Analysis", so if someone is in fact making an irrational decision it could label them a moron. This article is about why morons are morons.
# 1 doesn't make reference to the percentage of the population that are actually morons, but to the results of people making a "bad analysis" of a situation due to the /perception/ that the /other/ person is a moron based on emotion rather than evidence.
From the article: "... most people tend to over-emphasize personality-based explanations for the actions of others."
So to sum up, if someone evaluates a situation incorrectly (let's call them a moron for the fun of it here) the reason they are wrong could very well be because they incorrectly assume the other person is a moron.
Edit: This is not to say that there aren't plenty of morons out there, just that that's not what the article was about. - bmcnally, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It forgot about pretty women. They are behind 99.9% of the stupid decisions that men make.
- NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hoo boy chrisek... You're fixin' to cause another Digg conspiracy.
- 15charmaxwtf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@TruthElixirX
Isn't that a thing you should decide when your 80? And, the world will have probably changed a lot by then too. - unpopulardude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Being nice to people who don't deserve it" didn't make the list? Wow.
Echoing the comment about alcohol, where are "breasts" on this lists? At least include "hot women". Men do a lot of dumb things to get them. Women do a lot of dumb things to compete with them. - gd007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Me me me!
- LearningNerd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree. It's a given that a number of people will be actual morons. This article's about the many (too many) people that aren't necessarily morons but certainly act like morons.
The best way to avoid making stupid decisions is to realize and remind yourself that even you sometimes act like a moron. Everyone does! So leave yourself room for a margin of error, get other people's opinions, and think before acting. - mywhitenoise, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I'm a sucker for #10.
- dadzilla, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3My favorite Bible verses are apropos:
From Job 12:
16 To him belong strength and victory;
both deceived and deceiver are his.
17 He leads counselors away stripped
and makes fools of judges.
18 He takes off the shackles put on by kings
and ties a loincloth [b] around their waist.
19 He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows men long established.
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 He pours contempt on nobles
and disarms the mighty.
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness
and brings deep shadows into the light.
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;
he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.
25 They grope in darkness with no light;
he makes them stagger like drunkards. - ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It's also so true for anyone who reads these boards.
- TruthElixirX, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5@Hermitwise's 1st post
Do you REALLY want to live to be 80? - devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Yeah, but stupidity is a self-extinguishing problem a lot of the time. Darwin awards..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3Because they're human?
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