• 180 Proof
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    Very often stupidity is not a failure of intelligence, it is a moral failure. Selfishness ignores the good and leads to behaviors that others find incomprehensible. As you say, intelligent people can do stupid things. This is because they use intelligence in the wrong way - they are clever. Selfishly so. Stupid behavior is often about putting the intelligence in the service of self interest, at the expense of the good.EnPassant
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  • unenlightened
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    Stupid behavior is often about putting the intelligence in the service of self interest, at the expense of the good.EnPassant

    :100: I find it is much easier to diagnose other people's stupidity than my own. That is surely stupid of me.
  • EnPassant
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    I find it is much easier to diagnose other people's stupidity than my own. That is surely stupid of me.unenlightened

    Well, I suppose it is harder for us to see our own selfishness/stupidity because we don't want to, of course.
  • 180 Proof
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    I find it is much easier to diagnose other people's stupidity than my own. That is surely stupid of me.unenlightened
    :up: :up:
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