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Take a deep breath and count to ten.
Who is dumb? There are some very stupid people out there but are they dumb.
Stupid people, I think, are those that are either not as clever or have not had the opportunity to learn as much as the majority of people I meet. I think therefore that a measure of stupidity will be whether someone knows as much or as little as me. (For you, you should be the benchmark of stupidity).
I suspect I'm about average in the stupidity spectrum, perhaps, but I 'feel' less stupid than most people I meet (its an ego thing)
I think we can all sympathise and deal with stupid people, maybe we even try to help them but what about the dummies?
Dumb people are not necessarily stupid people. I know dumb lawyers, doctors, dentists and teachers and not so dumb cleaners, MacDonald's servers and junkies. So what is the difference?
Dumb people do things that I wouldn't do. It can often be frustrating and I often put it down to stupidity but it may be because they operate a different logic to me or start from somewhere that I'm not. Dumb people don't think they're dumb, they think I am (you are)!
If we didn't have dumb people there would be no variety and the world would be a sadder place.
Next time you meet a dummy, have some fun and try to work out why they acted dumbly. Whenever I do, I have to be careful that the root cause isn't me!
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